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  ThyssenKrupp AG - The founding families - Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried von Bohlen und Halbach, the eldest son of Gustav (1870 - 1950) and Bertha (1886 - 1957) Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, attends grammar school before undergoing practical training in various workshops of Fried.
Krupp AG into a sole proprietorship at the end of 1943 he becomes the exclusive owner of the company and also acquires the right to call himself Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
In early 1967 Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach announces the conversion of his company into a stock corporation, the shares in which are to be held by a non-profit foundation.
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  Krupp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, born August 7, 1870, died in Austria on January 16, 1950, was indicted at the Nuremberg Trials but never tried, due to his advanced dementia.
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 Krupp Trial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Krupp Trial was the third of three trials of German industrialists; the other two were the Flick Trial and the IG Farben Trial.
In the Krupp Trial, twelve former directors of the Krupp Group were accused of having enabled the armament of the German military forces and thus having actively participated in the Nazis' preparations for an aggressive war, and also for having used slave laborers in their companies.
The main defendant was Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, CEO of the Krupp Holding since 1943 and son of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach who had been a defendant in the main Trial of the Major War Criminals before the IMT (where he was considered medically unfit for trial).
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 Krupp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Krupp is the name of a prominent German family, famous for their armament manufacture.
His daughter, Bertha Krupp (after whom the company's large howitzers or Big Berthas were nicknamed), Alfred's grand-daughter, married Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach (1870-1950) in 1906, and the family took the name Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
After Germany's defeat and the incapability of Gustav to be tried, Alfried was tried as a war criminal for his company's use of slave labour and he was sentenced to 12 years and ordered to sell 75% of his holdings.
www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/k/kr/krupp.html   (493 words)

  
 MONET INFORMATION : KRUPP
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, the son of Gustav and Bertha and great-great-grandson of Friedrich Krupp, ran the company - turned back into sole ownership by the eldest Krupp heir by Hilter in 1943 - until the end of the war.
Alfried was convicted as a war criminal in 1948 for, among other things, his use of slave labor during the war - a practice which was widespread throughout German industry and agriculture but which was particularly evident in a gigantic industrial empire like that of the Krupps.
Bertha and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
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 Nuremberg Trials Held by the United States of America UnderControl Council Law No
Alfried Krupp was indicted along with another eleven officers of the firm.
The Krupp firm and the convicted defendants were found guilty of constant, wide-spread, and flagrant violations of the laws of war relating o the employment of prisoners of war, eager participation in the forced labour procurement program, and shocking mistreatment of the prisoners, deportees, and concentration camp inmates who toiled in the Krupp plants.
Alfried Krupp was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment and all his property, public and private, was forfeited.
www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /genocide/cntrl10_trials.htm   (4411 words)

  
 Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Under Alfred Krupp the company became the largest armaments firm in the world, and the expansion continued under his son Friedrich Alfred (1854–1902) and his granddaughter Bertha (1886–1957).
During World War II it thrived on the benefits of the forced labour of prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates and exploiting the industrial resources of occupied territories, transporting entire plants, machinery and workers, to Germany.
With Germany's defeat in 1945, Alfred Krupp was convicted of war crimes, sentenced to 12 years in prison, and ordered to sell 75% of his holdings.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Alfried+Krupp+von+Bohlen+und+Halbach   (300 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Krupp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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.
His son Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach, 1938-86, relinquished his inheritance rights as well as the Krupp name, and in 1968 the Krupp family ceased to control the firm.
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.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Krupp.asp   (463 words)

  
 Shofar FTP Archives: imt/nca/nca-01/nca-01-04-motions
But the request that Krupp von Bohlen be neither brought to court nor tried in his absence is based on the contention that "the interest of justice" requires that he be thus excused from any form of trial.
Once the war was on, Krupps, both von Bohlen and Alfried being directly responsible therefor, led German industry in violating treaties and International Law by employing enslaved laborers, impressed and imported from nearly every country occupied by Germany, and by compelling prisoners of war to make arms and munitions for use against their own countries.
C. Council for Gustav Krupp von Bohlen has applied to the Tribunal for postponement of the proceedings against this defendant on the ground that his physical and mental condition are such that he is incapable of understanding the proceedings against him and of presenting any defence that he may have.
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 Erfahrungen mit Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Krankenhaus in Essen
Meine Mutter hatte eine sehr gute Behandlung der Ärzte/ des Pflegepersonals, sowie auch das Zimmer was schön ausgestattet und das ganze drum herum.
Von dort aus gelangt man in das Außengelände mit Sitzmöglichkeiten.
In der Klinik befinden sich außerdem ein Friseur und ein Kiosk.
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 2. GUSTAV KRUPP von BOHLEN und HALBACH
Krupp contributed 20,000 Marks to the defendant Rosenberg for the purpose of spreading Nazi propaganda abroad.
The services of Alfried Krupp and of von Bohlen and their family to the war aims of the Nazi Party were so outstanding that the Krupp enterprises were made a special exception to the policy of nationalization of industries.
Council for Gustav Krupp von Bohlen has applied to the Tribunal for postponement of the proceedings against this defendant on the ground that his physical and mental condition are such that he is incapable of understanding the proceedings against him and of presenting any defense that he may have.
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 University of Heidelberg
The Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation (Essen) has donated 1.5 million marks to further the "development of a Sinological resource centre in Heidelberg with research capacities".
Wagner made an application in February 1999 to the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation for support funding to the tune of 1.5 million marks over a period of 5 years "to assure the further development of a Sinological resource centre with research capacities in Heidelberg".
Wagner sees the funding from the Krupp Foundation as a "successful breakaway from the increasingly restricted sources of state finance" and expressed his gratification that a private foundation should have shown its willingness to support the efforts being made by a humanities department.
www.uni-heidelberg.de /uni/events/press/news/press57_wagner_e.html   (545 words)

  
 Villa Hügel Essen
Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp and Chairman of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, followed in this tradition by founding the Kul-turstiftung Ruhr.
On the initiative of the company's last sole owner, Alfried Krupp, Villa Hügel has since 1953 been one of the region's most important cultural centres, a venue for art and history exhibitions of international standing.
The Kulturstiftung Ruhr continued this tradition with the exhibition cycle "European capitals" which it launched in 1986 featuring cities which at their peak were of the highest cultural and artistic importance for the entire European continent, leaving a lasting imprint on its intellectual life.
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 Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The non-profit Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung is the bequest of Dr Ing E.h.
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, the last sole proprietor of the Fried.
Supports the Kulturstiftung Ruhr (Ruhr Arts Trust); a photographic collection of the Folkwang Museum, Essen; the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach fellowship for contemporary German photography and museum practice and photography; the foundation of Chair for 'The History and Theory of Photography', University of Essen and a fellowship programme 'Museum Curators for Photography'.
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 The Mazal Library
Both terms refer to the small group of men in the Krupp concern in whom management was centralized, “Direktorium” is the name given to that body after the reorganization in December 1943.
Krupp, the firm was vested in the sole ownership of the defendant Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
The defendants Krupp, Loeser, and Janssen were members of the Aufsichtsrat at the Germaniawerft and the Grusonwerk, during various periods.
www.mazal.org /archive/nmt/09/NMT09-T1336.htm   (386 words)

  
 THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ROURKELA RESEARCH STÄDTEBAU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach must have been very confident in August 1953, when he signed the consultancy contract between his world famous steel company Fried.
For Krupp, Hitler's former supplier of arms and some years later the richest man in Europe, this deal was a mayor step towards the transformation of his enterprise from a weapon producing to a globally acting, plant constructing and consulting company.
The actual condition of the city proves that Krupp's Rourkela was not the adequate tool for the planning of a steel town as a regional development pole, creating jobs for the population of Orissa - the two mayor aspects of Nehru's new town strategy.
www.a.tu-berlin.de /urbanow/PAGES/RESEARCH/INDIA.html   (1858 words)

  
 Kruppies and IUB honor benefactor and dedicate college   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Alfried Krupp College, the result of a 10 million DM gift from the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation, was officially dedicated today.
Alfried Krupp College is the first of three planned residential colleges for students living on the IUB campus.
President Schaumann's address to invited guests and members of Alfried Krupp College at the official opening of the college on 24 April 2002.
www.iu-bremen.de /news/iubnews/01083/print.html   (399 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Krupp, (Business Leaders, Biography) - Encyclopedia
The core of the great Krupp industrial empire was started by Friedrich Krupp, 1787–1826, who built a small steel plant c.1810.
His daughter, Bertha Krupp (after whom the Big Berthas were named), married Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach, who assumed the name Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, 1870–1950.
In 1943, by a special order from Hitler, the company was again converted into a family holding and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, 1907–67, son of Gustav and Bertha, took over the management.
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 International Military Tribunal "Blue Series," Vol. 2, p. 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The great Krupp organization is the source of most of the evidence that we have against him and would be the source of any justification.
During the interval between the two world wars, the present defendant, Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, was the responsible manager, and during that time his son, his eldest son, Alfried, was initiated into the business in the expectation that he would carry on this tradition.
It was not without profit to the Krupp enterprises, and we have recited the spectacular rise of its profits through aiding to prepare Germany for aggressive war.
www.holocaust-history.org /works/imt/02/htm/t006.htm?size=2   (279 words)

  
 Krupp. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
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.
His son Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach, 1938–86, relinquished his inheritance rights as well as the Krupp name, and in 1968 the Krupp family ceased to control the firm.
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 University of Heidelberg
The board of curators of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation has announced its intention of sharing the Foundation's research prize 2000 between two recipients.
The Alfried Krupp Research Prize is awarded to scientists of the younger generation working in the natural sciences and engineering.
The aim of the prize is to improve the scope and research opportunities available to professors of C3 rank by providing research and equipment funding to the tune of 1 million marks.
www.uni-heidelberg.de /press/news/press102_e.html   (335 words)

  
 Krupp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
His daughter, Bertha Krupp (after whom the company's large howitzers or Big Berthas were nicknamed), Alfred's grand-daughter, married Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach (1870-1950), and the family took the name Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
His son Arndt(1938-86) relinquished his inheritance rights as well as the Krupp name, and in 1968 the Krupp family ceased to control the firm.
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 Krupp - Krupp on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Krupp Villa Hügel Saturday, July 07, 2001; posted by Paris; Our next stop was to the massive grounds and mansion of the Krupp family.
The Krupp last sold at Sotheby's on May 16th, 1968, for $305000, to Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor flashes the Krupp Diamond to a group of reporters.
Krupp contributed from the treasury of the main Krupp company 4738446 marks Krupp contributed 20000 marks to the Defendant Rosenberg for the purpose of
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 The Mazal Library
It is stipulated between the prosecution for Case 10, before the American Military Tribunal in Nuernberg, and the defense counsel for the defendant Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach," that the following facts are to be considered incontestable unless the opposite is proved.
Parents: Dr. Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, born 7 August 1870; Bertha née Krupp, born 29 March 1886.
* The defendant Alfried Krupp was known as Alfried von Bohlen und Halbach up to the time in 1943 when the Lex Krupp established the firm of Krupp as a family enterprise and accorded to the defendant the name of Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
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 The Avalon Project : Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
I have the honor to inform you that the decision rendered by you on 17 November at 1500 hours, to reject the motion signed the 16th by Mr.
Justice JACKSON, Colonel POKROVSKY and M. de MENTHON cannot reject the declaration contained, according to which "The Committee of the Prosecutors created according to the Charter, designates Alfried KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH as a defendant" because this declaration has been made as the last resort, under Article 14 b of the Charter.
Accordingly, Alfried KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH is specifically designated as a major war criminal.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/imt/proc/v1-19.htm   (165 words)

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