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Line 1: <table border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right> '''Arthur Greiser''' (born [[January 22]], [[1897]], in [[Kreis Schroda\|Schroda]], [[Province of Posen]], [[West Prussia]] (Środa, Poland); [[execution\|executed]] [[July 14]], [[1946]], at [[Poznan]], [[Poland]]) was a [[Nazi]] [[Germany\|German]] [[politician ]]. <tr><td width=150 align=center bgcolor=#FFCCCC>'''Samsung'''</td> <td width=150 align=center>[[Image:Logo_samsung.png\|88px]]</td></tr> <tr><th colspan=2 align=center>'''Korean Name'''</th></tr> <tr><td>[[Revised Romanization of Korean\|Revised Romanization]]</td><td>Samseong</td></tr> <tr><td>[[McCune-Reischauer]]</td><td>Samsŏng</td></tr> <tr><td>[[Hangul]]</td><td>삼성</td></tr> <tr><td>[[Hanja]]</td><td>三星</td></tr> </table> The '''Samsung Group''' is one of the largest [[electronics]] companies in the world. Founded on [[March 1]], [[1938]] in [[Daegu]], [[Korea]], it operates in around 58 countries and has over 208,000 workers. The turnover in [[2003]] was about 101.7 billion USD. Among the top 100 brands of the world. At present, Samsung operates in 5 business areas, namely Telecommunications (Mobile Handsets and Network), Digital and Home Appliances (including washing machines, microwave ovens, refrigerators, VHS and DVD players, etc), Digital Media, LCD, and Semiconductors. Greiser joined the [[Nazi party]] and [[Sturmabteilung\|SA]] in [[1929]] and the [[SS]] in [[1931]]. He was the Senate President (Senatspräsident) of the [[Free City of Danzig]] (now [[Gdansk\|Gdańsk]], [[Poland]]) ([[1935]]–[[1939]]), and the administrator (Reichsstatthalter und Gauleiter) of [[Reichsgau Wartheland]] ([[1939]]–[[1945]]). Samsung (meaning ''three stars'' or "tri star" in [[Korean language\|Korean]]) was founded by [[Lee Byungchul]]. Greiser typified the brutality exhibited by officials of Nazi Germany to the Poles. He was an ardent [[racism\|racist]] who enthusiastically pursued an '[[ethnic cleansing]]' program to rid the Warthegau of Poles and to resettle the 'cleansed' areas with ethnic Germans. This was along the lines of the racial theories espoused by [[SS]] Reichsführer [[Heinrich Himmler]]. Mass expulsions of Poles from the Warthegau to the [[General Government]] and summary executions were the norm. Samsung is one of the largest South Korean [[conglomerate]]s ("[[chaebol]]"). It started as an exports company in [[1938]] but soon diversified. After the war, the Poles tried him for [[war crime]]s. His plea that he was only following orders did not hold up as it was shown that other Gauleiters had not followed a similar policy—for example, [[Albert Forster]], Gauleiter of [[Danzig-West Prussia]] (the other German-annexed section of occupied Poland), simply declared all Poles in his area of responsibility proficient in [[German language\|German]] to be Germans. After Greiser was convicted, he was paraded around the city of [[Poznan]] in a [[cage]] before being [[hanging\|hanged]]. ==History== ~~[[Category:1897 births\|Greiser, Arthur]]~~ ~~[[Category:1946 deaths\|Greiser, Arthur]]~~ ~~[[Category:Executed Nazi leaders\|Greiser, Arthur]]~~ * 1950s ~~[[de:Arthur Greiser]]~~ In [[1953]], Samsung started [[sugar]] production, a business no longer part of Samsung. In [[1958]] insurance services started. ~~[[pl:Arthur Greiser]]~~ ~~[[sv:Arthur Greiser]]~~ * 1960s In [[1965]] a department store opened in Kwanjou. In [[1967]] Samsung started the ''[[Joong-Ang Ilbo]]'' daily newspaper. Today this paper has no affiliation with the company. Samsung Electronics was founded in [[1969]]. * 1970s In [[1974]] Samsung petrochemical and heavy industries followed. The company was awarded an export prize by the government as a part of the country's development programme in [[1976]]. As a result, Samsung construction emerged three months later the following year. Shipbuilding was added in [[1977]]. * 1980s The enormous diversification of the 70s continued in the [[1980s]]. In [[1982]], Samsung established a professional [[baseball]] team. In [[1983]] Samsung produced its first computer [[microchip\|chip]]: a 64k [[DRAM]]. Towards the end of the decade, Samsung pushed its efforts in [[petrochemical]]s and electronics. * 1990s The [[1990s]] saw Samsung rise as an international corporation. Not only did it acquire a number of businesses abroad, but also began leading the way in certain electronic components. Samsung's construction branch was awarded the contract to build one of the two [[Petronas Towers]] in [[Malaysia]] in September 1993. Samsung survived the [[Asian financial crisis]] of 1997-98 relatively unharmed. It has kept expanding since then. Samsung's [http://www.brandchannel.com/features_effect.asp?pf_id=168 brand strength] has improved impressively in the last few years, despite an [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3253034.stm environment of scandal] and [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/11/26/skorea.scandal.starve.reut/ political intrigue]. Samsung is now one of the leading manufacturers in plasma displays, although it has struggled with building an image of being an innovator created by legal controversies over [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4685848/ patent infringements with companies] such as Fujitsu [http://www.reed-electronics.com/electronicnews/article/CA409121?pubdate=04%2F04%2F2004 who claim to have created plasma display technology first]. Samsung has also faced controversy in Korea for its policies towards workers, described by some as [http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200505/200505030026.html anti-worker]. ==Subsidiaries== [[Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.]] == See also == [[List of Korean companies]] * [[List of Korea-related topics]] * [[FidoBag]], a hoax by Samsung * [[List of digital camera brands]] * [[DVD-HR720]] == External links == * [http://www.samsung.com Official website] [http://www.samsungusa.com Samsung USA] [http://www.samsung.co.uk Samsung UK] [http://www.samsung.com/au/ Samsung Australia] [http://www.samsung.com/AboutSAMSUNG/SAMSUNGGroup/TimelineHistory/timeline01.htm Company timeline] [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/41/41463.html Yahoo! - Samsung Group Company Profile] [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/55/55277.html Yahoo! - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Company Profile] Innovative products **[http://www0.shopping.com/xPF-DVD_HR720 DVD HR720]. 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