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175 Years of Bertelsmann | The Management | The Group | Divisions | Spirit | Financial Information<br />

The Legacy for Our Future<br />

1835 – 1930<br />

1930 – 1950<br />

1950 – 1980<br />

1980 – 1990<br />

1990 – 2000<br />

2000 – 2009<br />

Future<br />

The printing and publishing building after a<br />

bombing raid in March 1945<br />

Reinhard Mohn speaking to employees at the turn of the year 1946/47<br />

Reinhard Mohn, who took over the business from his father after returning from an American prisoner of war camp in 1947,<br />

ushered in a new era in the company’s history in 1950 with the founding of the Lesering: Th e economic miracle had arrived in<br />

Gütersloh. Th e basis for the rise of the company into today’s media group was created.<br />

Bertelsmann Annual Report 2009<br />

ideological compatibility<br />

SHUTDOWN<br />

reconstruction<br />

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