Gustav Krupp
Gustav Krupp
Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, nicknamed "Taffi",ran the German Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941. He was indicted for prosecution at the 1945 Nuremberg trials, but the charges were dropped because of his failing health...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 August 1870
CountryGermany
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I pledged to him unrestrained support in his Government in its exceedingly difficult task from all branches and organizations of Economy.
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I am convinced that, under the threat of the impoverishment of our people, the machinery of government must be simplified to the utmost.
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I could only speak in the smallest, most intimate circles about the real reasons which made me undertake the changeover of the plants for certain lines of production for I had to expect that many people would not understand me.
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No: war material is life-saving for one's own people and whoever works and performs in these spheres can be proud of it; here enterprise as a whole finds its highest justification of existence.
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Our thoughts fly therefore by themselves in this festive hour of our plant community, to the man whom we thank for the ressurection of our Nation: Adolf Hitler, the patron of German labour and German art.
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We want only loyal workers who are grateful from the bottom of their hearts for the bread which we let them earn.
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With these men and women who work-for the cause with all their hearts, with cool heads and skilled hands we will master every fate.
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We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army.
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To have united the purposes of an entire Nation, is the great historical achievement of the man in whose strong hands our President has placed the fate of our people.