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2 unusual facts about Schindler Elevator Corporation


Schindler Elevator Corporation

Hontzfirma made it through the interwar years in tact and, even without the strong guidance of the patriarch (now dead for several years), they managed to land a lucrative government contract with Degesch to build delivery elevators similar to those used in the chlorine gas factories.

The younger Klaus was courting then-prominent socialite Eva Ritschel (sister of Magda Ritschell who would later marry Joseph Goebbels) and through the political channels she provided he managed to save the company.



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Schindler Group

Currently, Schindler Elevator Corporation, the United States operations of Schindler Group, is based in Morristown, New Jersey.