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Wurster retained links to those he had worked with as part of the Nazi war machine and on 6 February 1959 as chairman of BASF he hosted a reunion banquet for the veterans of the pre-1945 IG Farben
Vorstand. The event was attended by
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Wurster rose through the ranks at IG Farben, becoming head of inorganic operations in 1931, chairman of the
Inorganic Production Committee in 1933, a director of the company in 1936 and both a full member of the
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and was awarded the title of honorary doctor or honorary senator by several other German universities. He was recognised by the
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