Heinrich Oster
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9 May 1878
Doctor Heinrich Oster | |
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 Oster after his arrest by the U.S. Army | |
| Born | Heinrich Oster 9 May 1878 |
| Died | 29 October 1954 (aged 76) |
| Education | Doctorate in chemistry |
| Alma mater | Technische Hochschule Berlin Friedrich Wilhelm University |
| Occupations | Chemist and business executive |
| Employer | IG Farben |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Movement | Schutzstaffel |
| Criminal charge | Plunder and spoliation |
| Criminal penalty | Two years imprisonment |
Heinrich Oster (9 May 1878 – 29 October 1954) was a German chemist, executive at BASF and IG Farben and convicted Nazi war criminal.
Oster was the son of Oberstleutnant Heinrich Oster and served as a volunteer for a year in the army himself in 1898 before studying chemistry at the Technische Hochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg and the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, obtaining his doctorate in 1905.[1] He immediately went to work for Agfa and remained with them until 1914 when he returned to the army to serve in the First World War.[1] Oster was wounded early in the war, losing his left eye as a result, and so most of his service was as a member of staff to the Commander of the German Army in Alsace, as well as in matters of arms procurement to BASF.[1]
IG Farben
Following the armistice Oster was hired full-time by BASF as a deputy director and he was made a member of the board in 1921.[1] Oster was admitted to the Vorstand of their parent company IG Farben in 1926 as an alternate member and held a number of other posts of responsibility at the company, including membership of the board's Working Committee, the post of managing director of the Nitrogen Syndicate and membership of the Subcommittee for Fertilizers and Explosives.[1] He was promoted to full membership of the board at IG Farben in 1931.[1]
