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...Japan, no smiles wreathed the face of Otto Henkell Jr., head of Henkell & Co., leading West German champagne house. Otto Henkell was having trouble in the family-Cousin Rudolf again. A West German court ruled that Otto must hire 31-year-old Cousin Rudolf, whose father, Joachim von Ribbentrop, was once a Henkell champagne salesman-and "not our best salesman, either," as Otto often said...
After Joachim von Ribbentrop was hanged as a Nazi war criminal in 1946, his widow Anneliese (nee Henkell) produced a legal compact that Henkell & Co. had been nudged into signing in 1942-when ex-Champagne Salesman von Ribbentrop was at the height of his power as Hitler's Foreign Minister. It stipulated that, if she requested it, son Rudolf would be appointed manager after he had worked for the firm two years...
Otto tried to buy up Anneliese's contract, offering nearly $100,000. She refused. The dispute dragged along. In court last week, Otto pleaded with the judges: "People would feel offended receiving a letter signed by a Ribbentrop...
...contrast to the days when Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, Ribbentrop and Himmler were among the festival bigwigs, this year's list of honored guests is heavy with Americans, Britons and Frenchmen. Among them: Allied High Commissioners John J. McCloy, Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, André François-Poncet. All festival tickets were gone a month ago (best seats: $11.90 a performance...
Remorino has been called the Ribbentrop of the Perón regime. A handsome bachelor who studied law at the University of Paris, he has seen much more of the world than most Peronistas. After the war, he set up European operations of Argentina's FAMA airline, then returned to run the Argentine Postal Savings Bank. Named ambassador to the U.S. in 1948, he played a notable part in swinging a $125 million U.S. loan to Argentina. He also caused something of a feminine flutter among Washington's smart...