Bertha Krupp

Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Krupp, born March 29, 1886 in Essen, † September 21, 1957 ) was an important member of the Krupp family of industrialists.

Life

Bertha Krupp was after the early death of her father, Friedrich Alfred Krupp in 1902, his sole heiress. This was, among other owner of almost all shares of the Friedrich Krupp AG. As Bertha Krupp at this time, however, was still a minor, their rights have been perceived in the company initially by her mother Margarethe Krupp, born Baroness von end. In 1906 she married the Prussian diplomat Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach, with whom she had eight children. Her husband was permitted by royal Prussian decree, his name preceded by the name " Krupp " and to use the name " Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ," the extent and personal ownership of the company was present.

Bertha refuses initially from 1934, Adolf Hitler, whom she perceived as boorish upstart to receive in Villa Hills as a visitor. When the next appointment decency they had to give Hitler. 1935 for the first time the swastika flag was hoisted on the hill to the villa. Bertha said to an employee: " Go down and see how far we have fallen. "

Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was the proprietor of almost all shares of ThyssenKrupp AG, until it was converted in 1943 by the so-called " Lex Krupp " back into a single company and transferred to her eldest son Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.

The name of the company founded in market Städt in Lower Silesia in 1942 Berthawerkes was derived from her first name. In addition, according to her former work for hospital workers in Krupp Duisburg -Rheinhausen was named.

The city of Essen distanced himself in 1946 by her and her husband Gustav seated in custody, two honorary citizenship rights have been denied. After the war, her husband could no longer be abgerurteilt for preparation and waging of aggressive war, looting, forced labor and conspiracy under the Nuremberg Trials for health reasons. But her son Alfried Krupp was sentenced in 1948 in the so-called process to twelve years in prison, as well as ten of the eleven accused him Krupp manager.

Mid-fifties, she gave the parish of St. Francis in food - Bedingrade a plot to build a church. In 1956 the cornerstone was laid. An inscription on a boulder near the bell tower reminiscent of this donation.

Family

Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and her husband Gustav had 8 children:

Filming

• 2009: Krupp - A German family; Director: Carlo Rola; with Iris Berben as Bertha Krupp.