Carl Wurster

German chemist (1900–1974)

Carl Wurster (2 December 1900, in Stuttgart – 14 December 1974, in Frankenthal) was a German chemist and Wehrwirtschaftsführer (war economy leader) during the Third Reich. He subsequently became one of the leading figures in post-war Germany's industrial life.²

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Born Dec 2, 1900, died Dec 14, 1974.¹

Companies

BASFBoard member 1952 to 1965¹³
IG FarbenBoard member 1938 to 1945¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Stuttgart³

Career

Occupation: chemist.⁶

1952 to 1965Board member, BASF⁵
1938 to 1945Board member, IG Farben⁴

The son of police inspector Carl Wurster and his wife, Clara Sippel Carl Wuster entered the German Imperial Army to serve in the First World War after leaving school. After his war service he studied chemistry at the University of Stuttgart whilst also serving with the Einwohnerwehr, a right-wing militia active in southern Germany. He subsequently took a doctorate in engineering and in 1924 took a post with BASF where he worked closely with Carl Bosch. In 1926 he was made the head of the main inorganic laboratory at IG Farben's Ludwigshafen plant, marrying Margareta Bergmann around the same time (the couple eventually having two daughters).

Wurster rose through the ranks at IG Farben, becoming head of inorganic operations in 1931, chairman of the Inorganic Production Committee in 1933, a director of the company in 1936 and both a full member of the Vorstand and head of Farben's Upper Rhine Business Group.

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Personal life

BornDec 2, 1900, Stuttgart⁷
DiedDec 14, 1974, Frankenthal⁸
CitizenshipGermany⁹

Awards

1970Harnack medal¹⁰
1967Schiller Prize of the City of Mannheim¹⁰
1965Carl Duisberg Plaque^{10 12}
Date not recordedBavarian Order of Merit¹⁰
Date not recordedKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany¹⁰
Date not recordedWehrwirtschaftsführer^{10 11}

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