Knieriem, August von
Born in Riga in 1887, studied law and worked as an attorney in Riga, did freelance legal work at BASF in 1919, joined BASF’s legal department in 1922, worked on contracts for formation of I.G. conglomerate, head of I.G. Farben’s legal department, member of managing board in 1932, acquitted in 1948 in I.G. Farben Trial at Nuremberg, made chairman of supervisory board of I.G. Farben i.L. in 1955, died in 1978.