Henry van der Waerden, the Shell executive who defied Deterding and his Nazi...
Who Killed Henry?: The book title arises from the fact that in 1937, Shell Director for Europe Henry van der Waerden was found dead in mysterious circumstances after receiving a threat from members of...
View ArticleWiesenthal Centre to Royal Dutch Shell CEO: ‘Disassociate Your Company from...
By John Donovan I became aware today of a letter (see below) which a director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre sent to Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van Beurden on 5 February 2015. The communication stemmed...
View ArticleNo atonement from Royal Dutch Shell for its Nazi history
Its employees — there are 180,000 around the world — have reported that customers accuse them of “working for Nazis.” There have been boycott threats… By John Donovan A New York Times article published...
View ArticleRobert Finn, another Nazi Director of Shell
Robert Finn, the Shell Director who was a vitally important functionary of the Nazi WW2 economy Finn worked for Shell’s Nazi-infested German subsidiary Rhenania Ossag in the years before WW2. More...
View ArticleNo apology or compensation for Shell’s blatant antisemitism that killed many...
The top lawyer at Shell has already disputed irrefutable evidence and threatened legal action against me, but it has all proven to be empty bluster. The last thing Shell wants is for its Nazi past to...
View ArticleRoyal Dutch Shell founders meetings with Hitler, strong antiSemitic views and...
Royal Dutch Shell founders meetings with Hitler, strong antiSemitic views and financial support for the Nazis Featured extracts from “A History of Royal Dutch Shell Volume 1” – all printed in italics...
View ArticleRoyal Dutch Shell’s blind spot towards anti-Semitism, Fascism and Nazism
By John Donovan All the text below in italics is taken directly from “A History of Royal Dutch Shell Vol 1.” A work authored by eminent historians hired by Shell who had access to Shell’s archives....
View ArticleSir Henri Deterding: Hitlers Paymaster
Sir Henri Deterding: Hitlers Paymaster By John Donovan EXTRACT FROM PAGE 07/483 from volume 1 of a four-volume work published in 2007 “A History of Royal Dutch Shell” – authored by eminent historians...
View ArticleShell brand highly vulnerable to reputational damage
Screenshot dated 27 July 2019 from an “Image” search option for “Royal Dutch Shell” on one of the major search engines By John Donovan It was recently reported that Shell is the most valuable Dutch...
View ArticleThe Dutch Elon Musk?
By John Donovan For as long as I can remember stories have been circulating along the lines that an engineering genius devised a fuelless engine and made the mistake of disclosing his invention to a...
View ArticleRoyal Dutch Shell founders massive funding for Hitlers Winterhilfswerk
BRITISH PATHE NEWS film footage has come to light which shows the huge importance Hitler attached to his fundraising vehicle for the Nazi regime. Royal Dutch Shell founder Sir Henri Deterding was by...
View ArticleSir Henri Deterding’s admiration and support for another fascist dictator,...
Sir Henri Deterding’s admiration and support for another fascist dictator, Mussolini By John Donovan I have already published an ebook and website focussed on Royal Dutch Shell leader Sir Henri...
View ArticleTHE BEST HISTORIANS SHELL COULD BUY
Use browser to enlarge image By John Donovan Shell commissioned a group of eminent “independent” historians (above) mostly Dutch, to author a history of Royal Dutch Shell to mark the Group’s centenary...
View ArticleEvidence confirms that Shell fuelled the Nazi war machine
Another hammer blow for Shell. Evidence confirms that Shell fuelled the Nazi war machine By John Donovan: 31 May 2021 A new book by James Marriott and Terry Macalister reveals the extent to which the...
View ArticleLawyer says Shell Energy is a ‘Waste of time!!!!!’
Content sourced from a customer review of Shell Energy published on Trustpilot 31 July 2021 Don’t waste your time trying to navigate Shell’s system Took over Shell from previous owner of my flat. This...
View ArticleRoyal Dutch Shell Corporate Collaboration with the Nazis
By John Donovan From: “New Images of Nazi Germany” Extract from the section “Corporate Collaboration” commencing page 203 running onto page 204 The connection of the Royal Dutch Shell Group to Nazi...
View ArticleThe book Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch Shell...
The book Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch Shell removed from sale in Germany Amazon will no longer be offering the book “Sir Henri Deterding and the Nazi History of Royal Dutch...
View ArticleJohn Donovan
John Donovan was a founding director of the promotional games company Don Marketing. In the 1980s and 1990s, Don devised a host of promotional games for Royal Dutch Shell around the world, including...
View ArticleShell’s industrial monstrosity In Pennsylvania spewing out a cocktail of...
…this operation spews out a delightful cocktail of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere, including lovely chemicals like benzene, toluene, and naphthalene. Who wouldn’t want to breathe...
View ArticleClariant Rejects Shell’s Billion-Dollar Ethylene Damages Claim But Is Facing...
By John Donovan: 19 October 2023 In yet another thrilling episode of corporate battles, Clariant has boldly rejected Shell’s claim for damages. Clariant, the Swiss chemicals company, has made it...
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