175 Years of Bertelsmann

1960 - Gütersloh's Wilhelmstrasse ist renamed "Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse" on the occasion of Bertelsmann's 125-year anniversary

1984 - Into the future, together: Dr. Mark Wössner, Chairman & CEO of Bertelsmann AG, and RTL's General Director Gustave Graas

1965 - Promotional materials for the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring

approx. 1965 - The "Cortina Phonokoffer" portable record player was sold through the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring in the early 1960s.

1935 - An office in the 1930s

1868 - The new printing and publishing company on Bahnhofstrasse (later Eickhoffstrasse) in Gütersloh, erected by Heinrich Bertelsmann.

1829 - Carl Bertelsmann's residence and place of business were located on Alter Kirchplatz in Gütersloh

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann"

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann"

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": Leona Lewis

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": Leona Lewis

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": A. Wolfers, K. Gloger, P. Kloeppel (f.l.)

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": José Manuel Barroso

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": Dr. Angela Merkel

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": Hartmut Ostrowski with Liz Mohn

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": Liz Mohn

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": Hartmut Ostrowski

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": H. Ostrowski, A. Merkel, L. Mohn, J. M. Barroso (v.l.)

1956 - Druring a parade, the Lesering member count of 1.6 million is announced

1987 - Reinhard Mohn and Dr. Mark Wössner in New York after the purchase of Doubleday and RCA

1980 - After just a few years, it became necessary to expand the corporate center, opened in 1976

1967 - Reinhard Mohn on one of the scooters used by Círculo de Lectores messengers to deliver the Club products

1967 - Reinhard Mohn and Dr. Arnold Schmitt, Managing Director Círculo de Lectores, in front of a promo-bus for the Spanish book club in Barcelona

1959 - New machines in the Mohn & Co. printing division

1958 - Presentation of the Bertelsmann Lesering during the St.Michael's Week parade in Gütersloh

1958 - Reinhard Mohn, Johannes Thordsen (mail-order bookseller in Hamburg) and Herbert Multhaupt (head of technology) admire the first record pressed at Sonopress

1956/57 - Cover of an early edition of the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring-Illustrierte

1956/57 - Cover of an early edition of the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring-Illustrierte

1956/57 - Cover of an early edition of the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring-Illustrierte

Ceremony "175 Years of Bertelsmann": Sreeram Chandra

1956 - The new Bertelsmann "Volkslexikon" encyclopedia: a single volume from A to Z

1955 - Reinhard Mohn announcing the first pension plan

approx. 1953 - Bertelsmann Lesering, a "book bus" for member recruitment

approx. 1953 - Bertelsmann Lesering, a "book bus" for member recruitment

1950 - Bertelsmann Lesering-Illustrierte, issue for the fourth quarter of 1950

1947 - Reinhard Mohn speaking to employees at the turn of the year 1946/47.

1945 - The print and publishing facilities following an air raid in March 1945.

1935 - A glimpse of the pressroom

1935 - Technology in the 1930s: typecase with composing stick, tongs and galley

1913 - Three generations of the Mohn family: publisher Johannes Mohn, his grandson Hans-Heinrich and successor Heinrich Mohn.