Lex Krupp

The Lex Krupp was a document signed into law on November 12, 1943 by Adolf Hitler to circumvent inheritance law and ensure that the Krupp family enterprise remain intact [

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History

This specialized German law of 1943 was created through the combined efforts of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , the head of the steel concern Fried. Krupp AG Essen, Martin Bormann, Chief of the Nazi Party Chancellery, Dr. Hans Lammers , German State Secretary, and Adolf Hitler, in order to establish a legal mandate for the preservation of the Krupp family enterprise, so that Gustav's son and heir, Alfried Felix Alwyn von Bohlen und Halbach , would be heretofore, addressed as Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. This law was signed by Adolf Hitler on 12 November 1943 and became effective immediately, thus transferring ownership of what belonged to Bertha Krupp, managed by her husband Gustav, and now the property of son Alfried, who became known thereafter as Krupp.

Provisions

In German: "Der Eigentûmer des Vermògens der Krupp-Familie ist dazu berechtig, dieses Vermògen zur Errichtung eines Familienunternehmens mit genau festgelegter Nachfolge zu verwenden."

English translation: "The owner of the Krupp family's wealth is entitled to use this fortune for the establishment of a family enterprise with a specially regulated succession."

In German: "Der jeweilige Eigentùmer des Unternehmens soll den Namen 'Krupp' vor seinem Familiennamen tragen."

English translation: "Whoever be the owner of the enterprise shall carry the name Krupp before his family name.".The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester]

Implications

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbachcite web
url=http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/076/Alfried-Alwin-Felix-Krupp-von-.html
title=Alfried (Felix Alwyn) Krupp (von Bohlen Und Halbach) Biography (1906–67)
accessdate=2007-11-14
work=Crystal Reference Encyclopedia] was the major beneficiary of this law, signed by Hitler, and which remained on the books to serve a major convicted war criminal, whose commutation of sentence by the New York banker John J. McCloy, whose fateful appointment as the U.S. High Commissioner assisted Krupp's financial rise after World War II, and later, with the two of them becoming elite members of the same social circles, perhaps making Krupp one of the few Germans to profit from the war.The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester]

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