Eugène Schueller was a chemist and the founder of L'Oréal, the world's leading company in cosmetics and beauty. He financed the French Nazi group La Cagoule whose meetings were held at L'Oréal headquarters. According to Forbes Magazine (http://www.forbes.com/magazines/global/2000/1127/0324130a_4.html), La Cagoule carried out dozens of political assassinations for the benefit of the Nazis, among other crimes. A chemist is a scientist who specializes in chemistry. ... The LOréal Group ( PAR: 120321), headquartered in Clichy, France, is the worlds leading company in cosmetics and beauty. ... Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. ... Many see natural beauty in the folded petals of a rose This page is about the pleasant phenomenon. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

His daughter Liliane Bettencourt is the widow of André Bettencourt (who participated in Eugène Schuller's Nazi activities), and is currently the richest woman in France, with holdings estimated by Forbes Magazine at $18.8 billion. After WWII, Schueller assisted many French Nazis and war criminals in finding employment with L'Oréal, including Jacques Corrèze. Corrèze was the head of L'Oréal's US operation, L'Oréal USA (formerly Cosmair). Liliane Bettencourt (born 1922), is the principal share holder of LOréal and one of the wealthiest people in the world. ... André Bettencourt (born 1919) is a French businessman and politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... US,Us or us may stand for the United States of America us, the oblique case form of the English language pronoun we. ...

See also

• L'Oréal
• Eugène Schueller
• Jacques Corrèze
• Liliane Bettencourt
• André Bettencourt
• Michael Bar-Zohar
• La Cagoule
• Vichy France

The LOréal Group ( PAR: 120321), headquartered in Clichy, France, is the worlds leading company in cosmetics and beauty. ... Liliane Bettencourt (born 1922), is the principal share holder of LOréal and one of the wealthiest people in the world. ... André Bettencourt (born 1919) is a French businessman and politician who served in various capacities in the governments of Charles de Gaulle and Georges Pompidou. ... Vichy France (French: now called Régime de Vichy or Vichy; called itself at the time État Français, or French State) was the French state of 1940-1944 which was a puppet government under Nazi influence, as opposed to the Free French Forces, based first in London and later in Algiers. ...

External Links

• Official website (http://www.loreal.com)
• Forbes Magazine Article on Liliane Bettencourt (http://www.forbes.com/static/bill2005/LIRF6EZ.html?passListId=10&passYear=2005&passListType=Person&uniqueId=F6EZ&datatype=Person)
• Forbes article: Father's Past Haunts French Billionaire (http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/2005/03/18/cz_sh_0318oreal_bill05.html)
• Book Review of Bitter Scent by Michael Bar-Zohar (http://www.js.emory.edu/BLUMENTHAL/Bar%20Zohar.html)

Other Sources

Michael Bar-Zohar, Bitter Scent: The Case of L'Oréal, Nazis, and the Arab Boycott (London, Dutton Books: 1996) pp. 264.