Bertelsmann Chronicles

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• Bertelsmann Chronicle (1835-2009)  (119 KB)
• The Minden-Ravensberg Revival Movement (202 KBs)
• The Disability- and pension fund of 1887 (209 KB)
• The Rufer publishing house (193 KB)
• Bertelsmanns Armed Forces Editions (226 KB)
• Bertelsmann and Censorship during the Third Reich (215 KB)
• Paper Procurement during World War II (208 KB)
• Bertelsmann and the Currency Reform, 1948 (202 KB)
• The establishment of the Lesering, 1950 (220 KB)
• The Bertelsmann Book Bus (193 KB)
• The Launch of the Music Club, 1956 (220 KB)
• The Launch of Ariola, 1958 (209 KB)
• 1959 - A Year of Restructuring (207 KB)
• The Bertelsmann Fernsehproduktion (TV-Production) (226 KB)
• The establishment of Circulo de Lectores, 1962 (192 KB)
• 1964 - The Acquisition of Ufa (225 KB)
• Introduction of the Profit Participation (212 KB)
• The Establishment of Bertelsmann AG, 1971 (195 KB)
• Expansion to Latin America (209 KB)
• Bertelsmann in the USA (207 KB)
• Move to a new Corporate Center in 1976 (194 KB)
• Introduction of Employee Surveys in 1977 (193 KB)
• Bantam Books (194 KB)
• Mark Wössners 10-point-program (198 KB)
• RTLplus: From Mini-channel to Market Leader  (193 KB)
• Doubleday - Publishers, Printers and Clubs in the USA (190 KB)
• The acquisition of RCA 1986 (194 KB)
• Bertelsmann and the German Reunification-Process (210 KB)
• Bertelsmann builds up AOL Europe (190 KB)
• The acquisition of Random House 1998 (194 KB) 
• Bertelsmann' Specialist Publishers (195 KB)
• Bertelsmann Unter den Linden 1 (194 KB)