Reemtsma Cigarettenfabriken GmbH is one of the largest tobacco and cigarette manufacturing companies in Europe and a subsidiary of Imperial Brands.

[citation needed] During the 1920s, many German cigarette firms went bankrupt, and the market was increasingly dominated by a few large, highly automated manufacturers, including Reemtsma.

In July 1932, Philipp Fürchtegott Reemtsma, head of the company, met with Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, and Max Amann.

Hitler scolded Reemtsma for having Jewish partners and managers, but they agreed to an initial deal of half a million marks for advertising.

[5] Shortly after the Nazis took power in 1933, Philipp Reemtsma asked Hermann Göring, then the highest official in Prussia, to address a court case and SA attacks against the company.

In 1939, Philipp F. Reemtsma was appointed leader of the Fachuntergruppe Zigarettenindustrie, a part of the National Socialist economy, and was recognized by Göring as a Wehrwirtschaftsführer.

[7] Cigarettes were distributed free to soldiers, including minors, as part of their pay, and the market continued to expand rapidly.

[2] In 1980, Philipp Reemtsma's only surviving son, upon reaching adulthood after his father's death, declined to take over the company and sold his shares.