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Aareal Bank

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1933

    Predecessor institution’s involvement during the Nazi era

    The documented history of Aareal Bank’s predecessor institutions includes rapid growth in bridging loans for settlement and housing construction during the Nazi period, as well as industrial lending to companies connected with the armaments economy. The same record notes substantial Nazi Party membership among employees and the political affiliation of supervisory-board chairman Otto Kämper. This is a historical corporate-responsibility issue concerning predecessor institutions, not an allegation about the bank’s present-day operations.

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