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Temmler controversies

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

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  1. 1938

    Pervitin production and wartime distribution

    Temmler manufactured Pervitin, a methamphetamine preparation, during the Nazi era. The product was sold commercially and supplied in large quantities to German military personnel during the Second World War, creating a lasting controversy around the company's role in wartime pharmacology and military performance enhancement.

  2. 1933

    Aryanization of Jewish-owned pharmaceutical assets

    During the Nazi period, Temmler became involved in the coercive transfer and reorganization of assets belonging to Jewish businessmen Albert Mendel and Hermann Goldberg. The episode formed part of the broader economic persecution of Jewish business owners in Nazi Germany.