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1933-34: Jewish members Oscar Wassermann, Theodor Frank, and Georg Solmssen have to resign from the board of managing directors
1937: Corporate name reverts to "Deutsche Bank"
1938: "Aryanisations" reach their peak; by November 1938 Deutsche Bank has been involved in 363 of them
Takeover of the Sudeten-German branches of Böhmische Union-Bank and of Deutsche Agrar- und Industriebank
1939: Majority of the share capital of Böhmische Union-Bank, Prague, held by Deutsche Bank
1941: Participation in Bankverein AG, Belgrade, and Bankverein für Kroatien, Zagreb
1942: Majority holding in Creditanstalt-Bankverein, Vienna
1942-43: Closure (due to war) of 82 branches and 54 deposit offices
1945: Closure of head office in Berlin and of branches in the Soviet-occupied zone. Deutsche Bank is run by its Hamburg management