Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes

Documents associated with this person:

German arms manufacturer in the two World Wars.

Gustav Krupp took control of the armaments firm of Friedrich Krupp AG in 1909, producing for World War I the celebrated high-angle heavy-caliber howitzer "Big Bertha" (named after his wife) that did so much damage when Germany pushed into Belgium at the beginning of the war, the long-barrelled Paris Canone, which had a range of up to 120 km, and other weapons. After the Versailles Treaty in 1919, Krupp turned to the manufacture of agricultural machinery, but after 1933 under Hitler he began producing tanks, and built factories for the production of arms, many of them using slave labor from the concentration camps. After suffering a stroke, he relinquished control of the firm in 1941, was indicted for trial at Nuremberg in 1945, but charges were dropped on account of his poor health.

Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes

Correspondence

  • OJ 10/1, [45] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated September 26, 1919

    Dahms responds to Schenker's letter (non-extant). He reflects on Prussian militarism. He declares that there is no such things as "military genius"; Germany was as guilty as the Entente Powers for the war; soldiers were treated as slaves by their officers, with Wilhelm II bearing the ultimate guilt. He rejects all political parties. England does not treat its people as Germany does. He believes only in the German spirit, which he regards as the spirit of the world. He cannot wait to leave Germany, and wants only to immerse himself in Schenker's work.