Ernst Voss: Ein Leben für den Schiffbau

01.08.20

Hamburg

Ernst Voss: Ein Leben für den Schiffbau

Matthias Schmook

Vor 100 Jahren starb Ernst Voss, der mit Hermann Blohm ein Weltunternehmen aufbaute. Erinnerungen an einen beispiellosen Aufstieg.

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Als Junge jeden Tag 15 Stunden für die Arbeit

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Im April 1877 wird Blohm & Voss in das Hamburger Handelsregister eingetragen

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Ernst Voss’ Leben blieb nicht frei von Schicksalsschlägen

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