Alfred, the king of German lust; Krupp

A tall man, dressed in a pinstripe suit and a felt top hat, boarded a car escorted by three armed American soldiers

U.S. Army Jeep. The jeep started with a bang and headed in the direction of Düsseldorf. This man is Al Ahr, the heir to the famous German arms empire

Fred; Krupp, who had just been arrested, was tried and imprisoned in the city of Du that night. At this point, the legendary story of the Krupp family became Nazi

A sad episode of dreams.

Alfred, 1906; Krupp was born in the city of Essen, the cradle of his family. The founder of the Krupp Empire was also named Alfred

； Krupp (1812-1886), whose cannons enabled Bismarck to defeat Austria and France in the mid-19th century, Alver

Red's mother, Bertha, was his granddaughter. Bertha's marriage was personally arranged by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who asked the diplomat Gustav to marry him

Sha added "Krupp" to his surname in order to run the illustrious family's business and prevent it from falling into the hands of political opponents.

The Krupp family has always been the pillar of German militarism and is favored by the highest authorities of the country. Abide by time, discipline and perseverance

Performing orders is a tradition in this family. For example, if breakfast is 7:15 a.m., and those who arrive at 7:16 a.m. will find that the restaurant is closed.

Others have already started to eat. In addition, even in the big winter, Gustav; Krupp also refused to turn on the fireplace, deliberately making the office cold

Assault so as not to become listless...... Alfred grew up in such an environment. Since he was a child, he has been specially cultivated by his parents

and the right to dine with their parents.

Germany's defeat in World War I was his first life pain: the Kaiser bid farewell to Essen, the Allies came to dismantle the factory, and his father was announced

As a war criminal (not imprisoned), the Weimar Republic was established, the workers revolted and occupied Essen, and the French occupied the Ruhr area...... Childhood these

The mental insult became the reason for his later devotion to Hitler.

After the war, the Krupp family continued to develop their business. They set up new companies, built new factories, bought new coal mines. The main sales of the product

to the USSR. Soon, at the request of the German General Staff, the Krupp family secretly participated in the rearmament of Germany, making the first in 1926

batch of armored vehicles, and two years later resumed the production of artillery.

At this time, Alfred; Krupp has reached adulthood, and as the eldest son, he has all the rights to the heir to the family. At the Villa Hugel

, he lives alone on the first floor, with 5 servants by his side. He studied physics and chemistry at the university and did an apprenticeship at the Bank of Dresdner.

In 1930, he joined the Nazi Party of Germany and became a member of the SS the following year. He saw Hitler as a revival of the 1918 humiliation

The main figures of the country. On October 1, 1936, at the age of 29, Krupp was officially appointed deputy manager in charge of rearmament. He was succeeded in 1939

His father was in charge of the Krupp Empire, Alfred; The era of Krupp began.

For the next 5 years, he played the role of the third emperor ** mechanic with all his heart. At the beginning of the war, he was near the Villa Hugel

A small building was built, surrounded by barbed wire and guarded by armed sentinels. Every morning at 9 a.m., he arrives here by car and works late

Night. The office hung a portrait of Hitler with the inscription "With the Führer until victory!" "He worked inside alone, late

I drank whiskey and smoked Camel cigarettes. He was accompanied only by servants, and had no friends. When he's not working here, he's traveling

Germany's occupation of France, Ukraine, Poland, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia and other places. He was in favor of the confiscation of the industrial and mining enterprises of the occupied countries, and therefore again

Controlled many mines, blast furnaces. By 1943, the Krupp Reich had directly or indirectly employed 200,000 people, making it a big force for the German team

Artillery, armored vehicles, tanks, submarines and all kinds of light weapons.

After the start of the war, the German workers of the Krupp factories went to the front, and instead of them were prisoners of war from various European countries, among whom the Soviet troops were fighting

The number of prisoners reached 15,000. From 1943 onwards, Krupp began to use exiled Jews in large numbers to build factories near concentration camps for war

At the end, there were as many as 100,000 "Krupp slaves". The situation of these people is miserable, and in Essen they go to work under the whipping of a steel whip

, even if Allied planes came to bomb, they could not leave the plant...... At the later Nuremberg trials, Krupp confessed,

He also spoke to his interrogators, "Of the great inheritance of the Krupp family, this cell is mine." ”

He was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 1948 on charges of "inhumanity, plundering of occupied territories and conspiracy against peace", and his factory was handed over

British troops take over.

After the beginning of the Cold War, the United States and Great Britain wanted to rearm Germany "into a new sword", and Krupp thus became this new one

Beneficiaries of "realpolitik". On January 31, 1951, Krupp was released along with 60 prisoners. He spent less than four years in prison.

As soon as he returned to Essen, he reorganized the family business. In October 1952, he signed an agreement with the occupation authorities to settle the question of the fate of the Krupp company. All his heavy industry, mines, and steel production enterprises were transferred to a company, which was responsible for the sale; Krupp remained in shipbuilding,

equity in the truck manufacturing and locomotive manufacturing divisions; In compensation for the transfer of property rights, Krupp received 250 million francs.

Within 10 years, the Krupp empire re-emerged. By the beginning of the 60s, he had 110,000 employees and an annual turnover of $1.5 billion.

It is one of the top 10 companies in Europe, and its business scope includes shipbuilding, complete equipment, bridge construction, chemicals, textiles, plastics, water treatment, and refining

oil and nuclear reactors.

The revival of the Krupp Empire was short-lived after all. After the war, a large number of new entrepreneurs emerged in Europe who were influenced by American economic thought

, the old set is outdated, and the bell of the end of the Krupp empire has been ringing.

By the mid-60s, the Krupp Group owed a total of $1 billion in debt to 263 banks, and it was insolvent.

In 1967, the company was reorganized into a company limited by shares, and a few years later, the Krupp Group collapsed. Alfred, though; Krupp

Having not seen this ending with his own eyes, he died in Essen on July 30, 1967.

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