Wilhelm Ferdinand Kalle

Wilhelm (Jakob) Ferdinand Kalle (born 19 February 1870 in Biebrich (Wiesbaden); died 7 September 1954 in Wiesbaden) was a German chemist, industrialist and politician.

He was also general director of the Kalle & Co. [de] chemical factory as well as a member for German People's Party of the Reichstag and Prussian state parliament.

[1][2][3] During the Second World War, he betrayed Zyklon-B developments within I.G.

In 1951, he moved from his previous residence in Tutzing to Wiesbaden, where he also died.

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Wilhelm Kalle (1904)
Kalle as a student in Erlangen (1894)