What Nazi war criminal was chairman of the supervisory board of the largest chemical producer in the world?
Carl Krauch Carl Krauch (7 April 1887 – 3 February 1968) was a German chemist, industrialist and Nazi war criminal. He was an executive at BASF (later IG Farben); during World War II, he was chairman of the supervisory board. He was a key implementer of the Reich’s Four-Year Plan to achieve national economic self-sufficiency and promote industrial production. He was Plenipotentiary of Special Issues in Chemical Production, a senator of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, and an honorary professor at the University of Berlin. He was convicted in the IG Farben trial after World War II and sentenced to six years in prison.
Alexandre Galopin Alexandre Galopin (26 September 1879 – 28 February 1944) was a Belgian businessman. He was director of the "Société Générale de Belgique", a large Belgian company founded in 1822 by William I, and chairman of the board of the armaments company "Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre". Galopin was behind the Galopin Doctrine, a "lesser evil" ("moindre-mal") tactic that allowed industrial development in the occupied Belgium during World War II, under the auspices of the Belgian government in exile. In February 1944, he was murdered by Flemish collaborators from the DeVlag group.