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  Krupp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfred Krupp (Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp April 26, 1812 - July 14, 1887), son of Friedrich Carl, was born in Essen.
Krupp himself strongly believed in the superiority of breech-loaders over muzzle-loaders, on account of the greater accuracy of firing and the saving of time, but this view did not win general acceptance in Germany till after the Franco-Prussian war, Krupp supplied his perfected field-pieces throughout the army.
Krupp constructed special "colonies" for the employees and their families - with parks, schools and recreation grounds - while the widows' and orphans' and other benefit schemes insured the men and their families against anxiety in case of illness or death.
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 ALFRED KRUPP - LoveToKnow Article on ALFRED KRUPP
His father, Friedrich Krupp (1787-1826), had purchased a small forge in that town about 1810, and devoted himself to the problem of manufacturing cast steel; but though that product was put on the market by him in 1815, it commanded but little sale, and the firm was far from prosperous.
After his death the works were carried on by his widow, and Alfred, as the eldest son, found himself obliged, a boy of fourteen, to leave school and undertake their direction.
Alfred Krupp, who was known as the " Cannon King," died at Essen on the i4th of July 1887, and was succeeded by his only son, Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854-1902), who was born at Essen on the i7th of February 1854.
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 Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Krupp was a member of the Prussian State Council from 1921 to 1933.
Krupp subsequently became the chairman of the Association of German Industrialists, and the Adolf Hitler Spende, a political fundraising organisation for the Nazis.
Krupp suffered failing health from 1939 onwards, and a stroke left him partially paralysed in 1941.
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 Krupp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His son, Alfred (1812–1887), known as "the Cannon King" or "Alfred the Great," invested heavily in new technology to become a significant manufacturer of railway material and locomotives.
Alfred was forced to leave school at the age of fourteen and take on the direction of the works.
Krupp himself was strongly convinced of the superiority of breech-loaders to muzzle-loaders, on account of the greater accuracy of firing and the saving of time, but this view did not win general acceptance in Germany till after the Franco-Prussian war, when the army was supplied throughout with Krupp's perfected field-piece.
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Krupp is the name of a prominent German family, famous for their armament manufacture.
His son, Alfred (1812-87), "the Cannon King", invested heavily in new technologies (notably the Bessemer process), acquired many mines in Germany and France, and became a significant manufacturer of railway material and locomotives.
Friedrich 'Fritz' Alfred (1854-1902), was somewhat eccentric and committed suicide in 1902.
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 AllRefer.com - Krupp, (Business Leaders, Biography) - Encyclopedia
His son, Alfred Krupp, 1812–87, known as the "Cannon King," introduced new methods for producing large quantities of cast steel.
Under his son, Friedrich Alfred Krupp (Fritz Krupp), 1854–1902, who was interested in the financial rather than the technical aspects of the enterprise, the Krupp family vastly extended its operations.
In 1999 the Krupp Group merged with its largest competitor, Thyssen AG; the combined company is one of the largest steel producers in the world.
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 Krupp -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The metal business was started by Friedrich Krupp (1787–1826), who built a small (An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range) steel foundry in Essen in 1811.
His son, (King of Wessex; defeated the Danes and encouraged writing in English (849-899)) Alfred (1812–1887), known as "the Cannon King" or "Alfred the Great," invested heavily in new technology to become a significant manufacturer of railway material and locomotives.
The first historical appearance of the Krupp family is 1587, when Arndt Krupp joined the merchants' (A formal association of people with similar interests) guild in Essen.
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 Encyclopedia: Alfred Krupp
The Krupp family is a prominent 400-year-old German family from Essen, famous for their steel production and manufacture of ammunition and armaments.
In 1999 the Krupp Group merged with its largest competitor, Thyssen AG; the combined company—Thyssen-Krupp AG, became Germany's fifth largest firm and one of the largest steel producers in the world.
Krupp himslef was strongly convinced of the superiority of breech-loaders to muzzle-loaders, on account of the greater accuracy of firing and the saving of time, but this view did not win general acceptance in Germany till after the Franco-Prussian war, when the army was supplied throughot with Krupp's perfected field-piece.
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 The Krupp's and the Illuminati
Alfred Krupp was the most powerful and richest man in the common market or Europe during the 1960s, and Chip Bohlen was one of the most powerful political ligures of the United States serving as the U.S. ambassador to the USSR for many years.
Alfred was made out to be martyr in the press--they claimed he was the only Nazi who had property confiscated (which was a lie by the press), so that it looked like he’d been singled out for special victimization by the Nuremberg court.
Alfred Krupp was the most powerful man in European economic affairs during his lifetime, and Chip Bohlen, who was perhaps the most influential American diplomat of the twentieth century.
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /hardtruth/the_krupps_bloodline.htm   (5460 words)

  
 No. 1737: Airplanes and Krupp Guns
Germany's Krupp weapons factory had long been a central pillar of German nationalism, fiercely loyal to whatever regime was in power.
Bertha Krupp resigned herself to the name Big Bertha, for, after all, that was a part of her job.
She was still alive after the next war, when her son Alfred was tried at Nüremberg for his brutal use of slave labor.
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 glbtq >> social sciences >> Krupp, Friedrich Alfred
Krupp's father, Alfred, the Cannon King, had amassed the largest personal fortune in Germany; his power was so great that crowned heads negotiated directly with him on terms approaching equality.
However, Krupp himself was to die under a cloud of shame, accused of betraying his birthright by pursuing homosexual pleasures in the south of Italy.
Krupp's wife was confined to a mental asylum, possibly to ensure her discretion.
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 KRUPPSTAHL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The first Krupp to have been born in Prussia, he imposed a goose-step discipline on his chefs, and while his habit of flying into screaming rages over trifles was doubtless unpleasant for them, it was also the making of him...
Alfred speaking of fine steel: it "must be fine-fibered not crystalline moreover, and dull but quite soft and tough, both cold and in a glowing stat." He learned Swedish steel (unlike Prussias) was untainted with phosphorus.
Alfred was installing heavier and heavier machinery, and the grunt of his steam hammers rocked the foundations of his home.
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 MONET INFORMATION : KRUPP
Alfred Krupp invested heavily in new steel technologies and metalurgical processes, aquired many mines in Germany and France, and became a dominant manufacturer of railway tracks, wheels, and locomotives.
Krupp, unlike most of the early industrialists, avoided laying off his workers during lean times, invested heavily in cheap worker's housing and started a program of subsidized health and retirement benefits.
Alfred's son, Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854-1902), made the Krupp industries one of the world's largest steel and weapons manufacturers.
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 KUBAN (RIVER) - LoveToKnow Article on KUBAN (RIVER)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His son Hermann (1828-1890), who was appointed Consistorialrath in Stettin in 1877, was the author of Deutsches Leben in Nordamerika (1874).
KRUPP, ALFRED (1812-1887), German metallurgist, was born at Essen on the 26th of April 1812.
KRUSENSTERN, ADAM IVAN (1770-1846), Russian navigator, hydrographer and admiral, was born at Haggud in Esthonia on the igth of November 1770.
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 Krupp on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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Alfried KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH, born on 13th August 1907 at the Villa Hugel in Essen.He joined the family firm, and on the 15th Dec 1954 became the Director General of the Firma Fri (PAR129685)
Alfried KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH, born on 13th August 1907 at the Villa Hugel in Essen.He joined the family firm, and on the 15th Dec 1954 became the Director General of the Firma Fri (PAR129684)
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 Krupp, Alfred   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Krupp was born in Essen and left school at 14 to join the family steel works.
Despite Krupp's reputation, the output of goods - even in wartime - was predominantly for peaceful purposes.
Krupp created a comprehensive welfare scheme for his workers, with a sickness fund, low-cost housing, and pension schemes for all his employees.
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 Example set a world away   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Krupp built weaponry for four German wars, and it was so formidable by World War II that nearly two thirds of the company's plants were either destroyed or damaged by Allied bombers.
A third generation leader of the company, Alfred Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, was sentenced to prison by an American military court for the company's role in arming the Nazi regime.
Even while the Krupp family built a huge private fortune, Alfred Krupp, the second-generation leader of the company and the family member credited with building the company's prominence in the late 1800s and early 1900s is held in high regard for becoming one of the first European industrialists to offer "womb-to-tomb" benefits.
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 ThyssenKrupp AG - The founding families - Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Margarethe Krupp
Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the only son of Alfred (1812 - 1887) and Bertha (1831 - 1888) Krupp, a sickly child, is initially taught by private tutors before attending the Burggymnasium grammar school in Essen for two years.
After Friedrich Alfred Krupp's early and unexpected death, the company is converted into a stock corporation, the shares in which are mostly held by his elder daughter and heiress Bertha Krupp.
As Bertha Krupp is still a minor, her mother, Margarethe Krupp, exercises her rights as proprietor until she reaches the age of majority and marries.
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 Gustav Krupp
Krupp took over the running of the company and by the outbreak of the First World War had gained the monopoly of German arms manufacture.
The gun that was used for the shelling of the fortress of Liege in Belgium.
Krupp was initially hostile to the policies of Nazi Party.
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 ThyssenKrupp AG - Archives - Krupp Historical Archive - Overview of stocks
Personal effects and administrative records of family members relating to the Krupp family, company affairs, membership of clubs, associations and boards, journeys, genealogy (also relating to the von Ende - Margarethe von Ende married Friedrich Alfred Krupp - and von Bohlen und Halbach family trees), including company records for the period up to 1848.
Krupp Hüttenwerke AG, renamed Krupp Stahl AG, Bochum in 1980, in order of pertinence with documents on all areas, 1854 - 1965.
Krupp AG following the acquisition of a majority shareholding, together with documents of affiliated works; documents on shipbuilding, patents, licenses, business development of the company.
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 The Trusts: Men = Cannon Fodder = Big Profits
However, the settlement with Vickers was only a small episode in Krupp's long history of world-wide trade in arms and in making arms manufacturing agreements with all kinds of companies in the arms industry.
Each new advance made by one of the players (Krupp in Germany; Schneider in France; Armstrong and Vickers in England, and the Austrian Skoda in Czechoslovakia, were being joined by Mitsui in Japan) made it necessary for the other players to come up with new inventions that would neutralize or surpass the advance.
My note: When I was taught in 1948 about the involvement of Krupp in profiting from the war, we were told that the warship had sailed for delivery — loaded to the hilt with artillery shells — to Soviet Russia on or about the same day that the invasion of Poland began.
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 The Krupp Bloodline
The history of the Krupp family which is in the llluminatj would provide the world with a loud and clear warning for today.
The Krupps because they were involved in metalurgy also have been involved with chemicals.
Alfred Krupp was the most powerful man in European economic aflairs during his lifetime, and Chip Bohlen, who was perhaps the most influential American diplomat of the twentieth century.
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 NRW 2000 - Alfred Krupp
Alfred Krupp führte Innovationen ein und weitete die Produktionspalette so aus, dass das Unternehmen erfolgreicher wurde.
Auf der Pariser Weltausstellung von 1855 wurde seine in Stahl gegossene Kirchenglocke prämiert.
Unter der Führung von Alfred Krupp entwickelte sich das Industrieunternehmen zum größten in Europa mit weltweitem Ansehen.
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 Krupp, Alfred --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It became a limited-liability company in 1968 when its assets were transferred from the private ownership of the Krupp family to the...
When the drums of German conquest rolled in 1870, 1914, and 1939, it was Krupp factories that provided first Prussia and then the German Empire with field guns, shells, tanks, battleship armor, and flotillas of...
Born in Milwaukee, Wis., Alfred Lunt was a leading man of the American stage for nearly half a century.
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 Around Naples Encyclopedia 13
Krupp made his first visit to the island in 1898, on his doctor's orders.
Krupp built a path to the cave and then offered to expand it to lead from the certosa (a 15th-century monastery) down to the Marina Piccola, the small harbor.
It is the perception that the Via Krupp is somewhat of a metaphor of not only the entire island, but of similar places that depend on a tourist economy throughout the world.
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 Men Behind Hitler - Chapter II
His colleague, Dr. Alfred Ploetz, endorsed the whole essay and supported the superiority of the Caucasian race from which, of course he excepted the Jews' while the Aryans were claimed as the apex of racial perfection.
Alfred Ploetz, the same man who had assisted Schallmeyer with his prize essay, in 1905 founded the "Gesellschaft für Rassenhygiene" [Society for Racial Hygiene] in Germany.
Among them was the psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin, a close friend of Dr. Alfred Ploetz and Dr. Ernst Rüdin, Professor of Psychiatry at Munich University, co-editor with Ploetz of the "Archiv for Rassen-und Gesellschaftsbiologie" and co-founder of the Gesellschaft für Rassenhygiene (Eugenik) [Society for Racial Hygiene (Eugenics)].
www.toolan.com /hitler/survive.html   (3594 words)

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