Reemtsma

Written by Super User on 19 July 2014. Posted in cigarettes

Reemtsma was created in 1910 in Erfurt, Germany. In 1918, the production was automated. In 1921, the trade mark "R6" was introduced in the market. In 1923, production was moved to Altona, now part of the city of Hamburg, and that is where Reemtsma's main headquarters still are today.

During the National Socialist time the company prospered despite the official anti-tobacco policy of the Nazis.^[1] In 1937, the company reported 60% of market share in Nazi Germany. In 1939, Philipp F. Reemtsma was promoted leader of the Fachuntergruppe Zigarettenindustrie part of the National Socialist economy and known asWehrwirtschaftsführer from Göring.