KUEHNE & NAGEL LOGISTICS

(or ) is a global transport and company based in ,. Its main owner and operator is via his and. The company was founded in 1890 in , Germany. During the company played a key role in looting the possessions of European Jews as part of. It provides sea freight and , contract logistics, and overland businesses. As of 2023, it has nearly 1,300 offices in over 100 countries and nearly 79,000 employees. Upon Kühne's death in 1932, his sons – Alfred and Werner – became partners in the firm. (1875 – probably early in 1945 in ), who was Jewish, a partner, and one of the firm's shareholder with a 45% stake, was forced out in April 1933. Kuehne + Nagel played a key role in the Nazi regime's “”. In total, by August 1944, the responsible Nazi agency had had the furnishings of around 65,000 apartments in the , , and removed. This required 500 barges and 674 trains. The company was active directly and with the help of subcontractors in all. The transports from the Netherlands are the most extensively researched. For example, K + N chartered its own steamer to transport looted Jewish property to the. The first cargo ship from arrived Bremen in December 1942. The parts list shows 220 armchairs, 105 beds, 363 tables, 598 chairs, 126 cupboards, 35 sofas, 307 boxes of glassware, 110 mirrors, 158 lamps, 32 clocks, a gramophone and two strollers. These were the property of who had been deported to concentration camps in the summer of 1941. The company rapidly exapanded during WWII in order to meet the needs of the Nazi war effort, this laid the groundwork for their post-war success. After the war the company escaped repercussions from their activities by cooperating with American and European intelligence agencies. In the early 1950s, initiated the company's ; and KN expanded its operations into , with the opening of branch offices in , Ontario and , Quebec. In 1963, KN took a controlling stake in Athens based Proodos S. A, and also expanded into. In 1975, the company adopted a holding company structure, with the formation of Kuehne + Nagel International AG based in Schindellegi, Switzerland, as the ultimate. In 1966, at the age of 30, he joined the management team as executive chairman; and spearheaded KN's future expansion, particularly its European and the operations. Following the purchase, Klaus-Michael Kühne and Lonrho's head, acted as joint chief executives of the combined organisation. KN further expanded with its acquisition of freight companies: Domenichelli SpA (Italy), Van Vliet BV (), Hollis Transport Group Ltd. (UK), Transportes Tres (Spain), and other acquisitions in , , and. The was an important event for many German companies, including KN; and provided them the necessary impetus to expand further. After the reunification, KN integrated its network in the former , and consolidated its operations. In 1992, it bought back Lonrho plc's 50% stake in the company; and went public in May 1994. It was listed on the and exchanges, which provided a platform for further exchange-based acquisitions. The same year, KN established a ; and pushed ahead into Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. In the mid 1990s, strategic focus given to expand the lucrative logistics-related contracts / operations paid off – one being with in which KN would operate the chemical giant's leveraged distribution activities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In July 1999, Kühne handed over the post of CEO to Klaus Herms, and continued as the executive chairman and president of the board. In 2001, it acquired USCO Logistics Inc. – a warehouse-based logistics service provider based in , for US$300 million. KN and SembCorp chose to follow different strategic paths in 2004, and ended their strategic partnership. The succession plan was similar to the from to , which received praise in the media. In April 2014, Kuehne + Nagel International was fined $3. 1 million for its part in a freight forwarding case brought by the Commerce Commission. Kuehne + Nagel was the last defendant in the seven-year investigation involving six firms, who referred to themselves as the "Gardening Club" and used horticultural code to discuss anti-competitive practices among them. In June 2020 the announced that Kuehne + Nagel would become the official Logistics Partner of the tournament. Three years later, the company became the logistics partner of the , which is why it took over logistics services for the in. Since Klaus Michael Kühne and the company Kuehne + Nagel refused to remember the Jews his company robbed during the , a citizens' initiative was founded in Bremen. The Bremen editorial team of launched an initiative in 2015 in close coordination with the Jewish community of Bremen and against resistance of political officials. The initiative wanted the company to commemorate its crimes between 1933 and 1945 with a memorial in front of its newly built headquarters. The core of the conflict was how close the memorial could be to the headquarters. Finally in 2022 a memorial on public ground, 150m from Kuehne + Nagel was inaugurated on the shore of the. :

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