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Podcast: Stuff You Missed in History Class
Episode: Melitta Bentz and the Coffee Filter
Description: Melitta Bentz invented the coffee filter in 1908 and changed coffee culture forever. Through the decades and after reckoning with its relationship with the Third Reich, the company she founded in her Dresden apartment endures today. Research: âThe Weimar Republic 1918-1929 - EdexcelChanges in society, 1924â29.â https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9y64j6/revision/8#:~:text=Hourly%20wages%20rose%20in%20real,crisis%2C%20such%20as%20the%20hyperinflation DEUTSCHES REICH REICHSPATENTAMТ PATENTSCHRIFT. âMelitta-Werke Akt.-Ges. in Minden, Westf. Filterpapiereinsatz fĂźr KaffeeaufbrĂźhfilter u. dgl.â https://www.dpma.de/docs/dpma/veroeffentlichungen/de653796a_melitta1937.pdf German Patent and Tr...