Johannes Bähr Livres

Führende Experten zeigen in diesem Band, wie die deutsche Besatzungsherrschaft während des Zweiten Weltkrieges verfasst war. Ausbeutung, Kollaboration, Vernichtung und Widerstand unter der deutschen Besatzung werden in Fallstudien zu sieben Ländern untersucht. Erstmals wird dabei verdeutlicht, welche Funktion das Recht für die Steuerung der Wirtschaft in den besetzten Ländern hatte. Der Band verbindet Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Zeitgeschichte und vermittelt zugleich einen Überblick über den Stand der Forschung.

Entrepreneur in an Age of Upheaval Carl Friedrich von Siemens was one of the significant business figures in an era filled with crises and turmoil. He became “Head of the House of Siemens” after World War I and managed the company throughout the German Great Inflation and the Great Depression, as well as during the Third Reich and into the early years of World War II. This biography provides the first comprehensive portrait of the personality and diverse accomplishments of a man who reorganized the Siemens companies, headed the Reichsbahn national railroad for ten years, and served politically as a delegate from a democracy-supporting party. The study shows how he increasingly turned away from party politics, and how his position evolved yet again during the Third Reich, from compliance with the regime to a growing personal alienation. Ausstattung: Zahlreiche Abbildungen in s/w und in Farbe

Werner von Siemens counts as one of the pioneers of modernity and was one of the most important entrepreneurs in German history. He contributed to transforming people's everyday lives with fundamental innovations in the field of communications and energy technology. With his brothers, he laid the foundation for a global company, from which the modern-day Siemens Corporation derives. Johannes Bähr paints a fascinating picture of this extraordinary man, the son of a tenant farmer, who rose to become one of the most influential figures of the 19th century. At the same time, a panorama emerges of an epoch in which the world changed more rapidly than ever before. Werner von Siemens' success was not only economic; he was also one of the first industrialists to recognize the connection between scientific research and economic development. His innovations, above all the pointer telegraph and the dynamo machine, opened up new applications for electricity: in conveying messages, generating energy, the illumination of buildings, and the propulsion of machines. Yet the pioneer of the electronics industry was also a man with many sides: an entrepreneur and inventor, officer of the Prussian military, brother and responsible paterfamilias, as well as a political representative and promoter of science. With Werner von Siemens' biography, Johannes Bähr provides insights into a century in which the world was fundamentally transformed. Wars, revolutions, kings, and tsars influenced the career of this inventor-entrepreneur, who, among other things, was responsible for the laying of telegraph cables to North America and the Middle East and for building the first electric streetcar in the world.

With its turbulent past, the building at Französische Strasse 32 near the Gendarmenmarkt in the Berlin district of Mitte embodies German history. It was here that a royal ballet master arranged performances and festivities for the Prussian court, that generations of bankers lived and worked, and East Germany’s most prestigious publisher had its offices. The historians Johannes Bähr and Sebastian Panwitz present the impressive history of the stately urban building, including its darkest moments, when revolutionary soldiers were massacred one hundred years ago and a Jewish private bank was “Aryanized” in the “Third Reich”. Today the building is a cosmopolitan meeting place for dialogue and exchange that symbolizes the new Berlin.

“Reinsurance has to be international in accordance with its nature.” This perspective, articulated by Carl von Thieme, a founder and long-time director of Munich Re, underscores the company's rapid ascent to world market leadership after its founding in 1880. While it often competed with Swiss Re, the broader public remains largely unaware of its significance. Johannes Bähr and Christopher Kopper provide the first comprehensive history of Munich Re, tracing its journey from inception to the 1980s. Few companies have achieved such swift dominance and sustained it for so long. The company’s history illustrates how insurers adapted to major catastrophes and technological advancements. Without reinsurers like Munich Re, many direct insurers would have faced bankruptcy due to the financial burdens of natural disasters. Reinsurers enabled coverage for high-risk scenarios, paving the way for new insurance segments, including machine and high-risk life insurance. Thus, this narrative not only chronicles a pioneer of globalization but also reflects the complexities of risk management. Additionally, it highlights the challenges faced by this German company as it navigated the repercussions of the National Socialist regime and worked to re-establish itself in the global market post-World Wars.

In 1897, MAN built the first diesel engine, and today it is one of the leading manufactures of commercial vehicles, engines and turbo engines. Few people know that its history began in 1758, with the first ironwork in the Ruhr. On the basis of extensive archive material, the authors follow the transformations of this tradition-rich company from the early years of industrialization, through the two world wars, to the globalization of the most recent period. The result is an impressive panorama of the 250-year history of a German industrial enterprise.

Bosch, a company with a rich history, embodies key modern trends like transport motorization and household electrification, and was a pioneer of globalization. Its founder, Robert Bosch, was renowned for his liberal views and social principles in management. This comprehensive history, authored by Johannes Bähr and Paul Erker, is the first by independent historians, utilizing unrestricted access to company archives. The narrative begins with Bosch's founding principles and the early days of the company as a small workshop in Stuttgart, detailing its rise to become the world’s leading automotive supplier and the development of a corporate culture focused on social responsibility. The authors also profile significant subsidiaries and trace the evolution of the diverse business activities that define today’s technology and services provider. Key focal points include the company’s actions during the Third Reich and the evolution of its corporate constitution. Spanning over a century, this account highlights Bosch as one of the first global enterprises, showcasing a history marked by remarkable innovations and successes, alongside crises that repeatedly tested the founder’s principles.

Die Dresdner Bank, 1872 gegründet, entwickelte sich zur zweitgrößten deutschen Bank und spielte eine zentrale Rolle im Dritten Reich, als Vertrauensbank der SS. Unter Klaus-Dietmar Henke wird die Verflechtung von Nationalsozialismus und Kapitalismus in vier Bänden umfassend untersucht, wobei Druck, Anpassung und Mittäterschaft thematisiert werden.

Das Hamburger Handelshaus C. Illies & Co. bestimmte in seiner 150-jährigen Geschichte die Entwicklung des deutsch-asiatischen Handels maßgeblich mit. 1859 in Nagasaki von Louis Kniffler gegründet, entwickelte sich das Unternehmen über fünf Generationen der Familie Illies und ihrer Mitgesellschafter von einem Pionier im Japanhandel zu einem global operierenden Dienstleister.Die Autoren rekonstruieren den Weg des Familienunternehmens im Zeichen der wachsenden Verflechtung der Weltwirtschaft seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts und arbeiten wesentliche Ursachen heraus, die dazu beitragen, die Firmengruppe über einen bemerkenswert langen Zeitraum im deutsch-asiatischen Handel erfolgreich Eine auf ausgewählte Unternehmenspolitik, die Gewinn bringende Beschaffung von Marktinformationen, eine vorausschauende Personalauswahl, die gelungene Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Firmenzentrale und ihren Niederlassungen sowie die spezifische corporate governance eines Eigentümer geführten Unternehmens ermöglichten es dem Handelshaus, auch in Zeiten wirtschaftlicher Rückschläge, politischer Umbrüche und globaler ökonomischer Krisen in der Weltwirtschaft zu bestehen.