After the acquisition , Burda invited Reiss to stay on at the company to help manage the transition of ownership . Reiss ’s son Hans would later write that the pair established a good working relationship , despite the circumstances of the acquisition , with Reiss mentoring Burda 's transition to managing a much larger business and Burda enjoying the firm ’s more informal culture . Burda interjected on Reiss ' behalf when the latter was interned as part of Kristallnacht . The Burda and Reiss families developed a friendship after 1945 , with Hans Reiss contributing to later Burda projects
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