Hoesch AG
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The Hoesch AG was an important steel and mining company with locations in the Ruhr area
and Siegen
.
Hoesch was taken over by Krupp
in 1991.
at which prominent industrialists met with Adolf Hitler
to finance the Nazi Party.
Ruhr Area
The Ruhr, by German-speaking geographers and historians more accurately called Ruhr district or Ruhr region , is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.2 million , it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany...
and Siegen
Siegen
Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...
.
Hoesch was taken over by Krupp
Krupp
The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...
in 1991.
Nazi involvement
Fritz Springorum represented Hoesch AG at the Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933
The Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933 was a secret meeting between Adolf Hitler and 20 to 25 industrialists at the official residence of Hermann Göring in the Reichstag Presidential Palace aimed at financing the election campaign of the Nazi Party.The German elections were to be held on 5 March...
at which prominent industrialists met with Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
to finance the Nazi Party.