THE barons of the Ruhr have continued to be a class apart from the rest of society. An American who becomes very rich gives money to a foundation, perhaps establishes his own. He may well go into ...

“I wanted and had to maintain Krupp, in spite of all opposition, as an armament plant for the future, even if in camouflaged form.” In these words, in 1941, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach told ...