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Alfred Beit. Hamburger und Diamantenkönig | Henning Albrecht | Alfred Beit (1853-1906) has been called a financial genius. When he went to South Africa in 1875, no one could imagine that the son of converted Hamburg Jews would soon become one of the richest men… | OL20929640W |
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In the company of diamonds | Peter Carstens | "After the 1925 discovery of diamonds in the semidesert of the northwest coast of South Africa, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. virtually proclaimed its dominion over the whole region. In the town o… | OL3849125W |