Mandel Szkolnikoff

During the German occupation of France, he made a fortune by supplying the Kriegsmarine and the Schutzstaffel, mainly with textiles.

After the war, Szkolnikoff fled to Francoist Spain, but was killed during an attempted abduction by French intelligence.

Less known than Joseph Joanovici, he made a considerable fortune by supplying the Kriegsmarine and then the SS, mainly in textiles, and was described as "the man who pushed the practice of black market to an extreme.

[1] The most generally accepted theory now is that he was unintentionally killed during an attempted kidnapping in Spain by French intelligence.

However, Szkolnikoff fought back, after which he was knocked out, drugged, and put in a car truck headed towards the French border.