What is Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach?
'''Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach''' (13 August 1907 – 30 July 1967), often referred to as '''Alfried Krupp''', was part of the Krupp family. They had a [[steel]]-making business in 19th and 20th century [[Germany]]. The Krupp family is famous for [[war profiteering|taking advantage of war]] to make money and for enslaving workers during [[World War II]]. At one time, the Krupp company was the biggest maker of weapons in the world.<ref name=Time>{{cite magazine|publisher=Time|access-date=April 11, 2021|url=https://origins.osu.edu/review/blood-and-steel|author=Ian Johnson|year=2012|title=Blood and Steel}}</ref> Krupp was born in 1907 in [[Essen]], Germany. He joined the [[Nazi]] [[Schutzstaffel]] (SS) in 1933. The Krupp company pretended to make farm equipment but they were really making [[tank]]s. They moved and rebuilt factories. Some of the workers in the factories were enslaved people from [[concentration camps]] in the [[Holocaust]]. Historians say there were 100,000 slaved workers and as many as 70,000 of them died.<ref name=Sparta /> Historian Harold James says that Alfried Krupp only became leader of the company in 1943, after all the enslaving had happened, and that he was a [[scapegoat]] for the company's bad actions.<ref name=Time /> Krupp was put on trial for [[war crimes]] at the [[Nuremberg Trials]]. He was sentenced to 12 years, but he was pardoned in 1951.<ref name=Sparta>{{cite web|publisher=Spartacus Educational|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/FWWkruppA.htm|access-date=April 11, 2021|title=Alfried Krupp}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biography-stub}} [[Category:German businesspeople]] [[Category:1967 deaths]] [[Category:1907 births]] [[Category:Nazis]]