Faced with the results, Berger did not deny them. Handelsblatt researched these details in months of work. He worked as chief financial officer of the Hitler Youth, was appointed Ministerial Councillor by Adolf Hitler in 1937, later headed an “Aryanised” company in Vienna as General Director and lived in a villa confiscated from its Jewish owners. On the contrary: Berger senior was a profiteer of the Hitler regime.įor 13 years, Georg Berger was a member of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). So many friends, and much honour – especially when you consider one thing: Berger’s father was not the upright Nazi victim his son made him out to be in numerous interviews. When the eighth Roland Berger Human Dignity Award is presented next Monday in Berlin, the keynote speaker will be Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the German Bundestag. The jury was composed of former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, former President of the European Commission Romano Prodi and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan. Patrons of the Roland Berger Prize have been German Presidents Christian Wulff and Horst Köhler. The now 81-year-old has left his mark on the German economy and has a top-class network.
Since 2008, Roland Berger has also used the award to commemorate the man he always called his moral role model: Georg Berger, his father. It is a prize that is particularly dear to Roland Berger: The foundation of the most prominent German management consultant has awarded one million euros for extraordinary services to the protection of human dignity.
Photo: Mona Eing & Michael Meissner / José Giribás Düsseldorf, Munich, Vienna
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