The House of Krupp: The Steel Dynasty that Armed the Nazis

350 Pages·2001·6.6 MB·English

by  Peter Batty

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THE STEEL DYNASTY THAT
ARMED THE NAZIS
PETER BATTY
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Contents
Introduction II
I. "TheP lacoefA shT rees" 2I
2. "...f ort hem anufactoufrE en gliCsahs tSt eel
anda lplr oducmtasd et here"o f 33
3. "We haven ot imfeo rre adinpgo,l itaincdst ,h at
sorotft hing" 46
4. "We wilmla ket heE ngliosphe nt heiery es" 60
5. "Altlh er esitsg as" 84
6. "Youw ilble cominIgn m elanchocliyr cum-
stances" 101
7. "AsG ermangyo esK,r uppg oes" 115
8. "Nevetror isaeg ain" 130
g. "Event heA lliesdn oopicnogm missiwoenrse
duped" 144
10. "Thee volutoifop no liteivceanlct osr respotnod s
desirIeh sa vel oncgh erished" 155
II . "Lifient heo ldh ouswea sn otv eryp ersonal"1 66
12. "We takger eaptr idient hef actth aotu rp roducts
havec omeu pt oe xpectations" 177
13. "OK Budy,o u'trhee g uyw ew ant-legto'"s IgI
14. "CasNeu mberT en" 207
15." Timew ilsle ttallel " 222
16. "Theriesn oq uestioofKn r uppb einagl lowteod
assumeei thoewrn ershoircp o ntrooftl h ef ormer
Kruppi ndustermipailr e" 233
8 THE HOUSE OF KRUPP
17· "Lookibnagc kw,e c ann otwei tsha tisfatchtaito n
ont hew holoeu rh opehsa veb eenf ulfilled"2 45
18. "TheA merican" 260
19· "TheA mericaonfEs u rope" 272
20. "TheB ritGiosvhe rnmehnatsn or eastoonb elieve
thatth eu ndertakwiinlnglo tb ef ulfilled" 286
21. "My lifhea sn evedre pendoendm e,b uto nt he
coursoefh istory" 302
22. "KruppS:y mbolo fL eadershiinp I ndustria)
Progress" 311
23· "TheB ritiKsrhu ppT rauma" 317
Afterword 326
Bibliography 335
Index 337
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List Plates
BETWEEN PAGES 160 AND I6I
Alfried Krupp with Berthold Beitz
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
"Long Max", "Big Bertha", and "Fat Gustav"
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
The earliest Krupp fulling mill, c. 1820
MANSELL COLLECTION
Photograph taken on the I 5oth anniversary of the firm in
I96I
LIFE MAGAZINE
Friedrich Krupp; Alfred Krupp; Alfried Krupp as a child,
with his mother; Fritz Krupp; Gustav von Bohlen
CAMERA PRESS and RADIO TIMES HULTON PICTURE LIBRARY
Alfried Krupp at the Nuremberg Trial
DAILY EXPRESS
Alfried's release from Landsberg Prison in 195I
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alfried today
RENE BURRI (MAGNUM)
The Essen armament factories in 945; the Rheinhausen
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steel-mill today
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM and ASSOCIATED PRESS