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The Krupp family is a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, noted for its production of steel, artillery, ammunition and other armaments. The dynasty began in 1587 when trader Arndt Krupp moved to Essen and joined the merchants' guild. He bought and sold real estate, and became one of the city's richest men.
Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Bertha Krupp; 29 March 1886 – 21 September 1957) was a member of the Krupp family, Germany's leading industrial dynasty of the 19th and 20th centuries. [1] As the elder child and heir of Friedrich Alfred Krupp she was the sole proprietor of the Krupp industrial empire from 1902 to 1943, although her ...
Helene Amalie Krupp (1732–1812) was a German industrialist. [1] She was married to Friedrich Jodocus Krupp (1706–1757), owner of the Krupp merchant house, which she took over after his death. She traded in food, spices, textiles, cloth and porcelain between Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain.
Krupp AG and Friedrich Krupp GmbH) trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars. It produced battleships , U-boats , tanks , howitzers , guns , utilities, and hundreds of other commodities.
Therese Krupp (1790–1850) was a German industrialist. [1] She was married to Friedrich Krupp and took over the Krupp company after his death in 1826. She is referred to as the matriarch of the Krupp dynasty and credited with the preservation of the Krupp industries, which was in a very bad state at the time of her takeover, a development she managed to turn around.
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The book describes how the family and its business received generally favorable treatment from the government, culminating in a special law Lex Krupp. Manchester's book describes family members in detail from the first Krupp (circa 1500) "a shrewd chandler with a keen eye for the main chance," through the family's incarnation by the sixth ...
Krupp was born in Essen, Germany.His father was Alfred Krupp, who turned the small local ironworks of Krupp into one of the most powerful companies in the world.Raised in the unhealthy atmosphere of the Ruhr, he suffered from asthma and was more interested in natural sciences than business, so his father even considered passing the company to one of his own nephews.