Karl von Clemm

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Karl F. von Clemm (27 September 1897, Mainz - 4 March 1994, Munich) was born into a German family that married into German nobility, the Nazi party and prominent American families. He was a representative of the German international banking firm Hardy & Co. Through a German banker William Rhodes Davis, a U.S. oil man had arranged to meet him. The two would become good friends and ship large quantities of oil from America and Mexico and then to Germany. He was a liaison between Eurotank, Davis' main operation in Germany and the Nazi government. It was his job to arrange barter with the Economic Ministry on Davis' oil imports. Davis appointed von Clemm to the board of directors of Crusader Petroleum Industries and as head of Eurohandel, both of which were involved in Nazi oil imports used to build up the German war machine. Karl's brother, Werner was also involved with Davis and Karl played a part in his brothers diamond smuggling operation. He was also an agent of Abwehr, the German intelligence agency.