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Reichswerke Hermann Göring was an industrial conglomerate in Nazi Germany from 1937 until 1945. It was established to extract and process domestic iron ores from Salzgitter that were deemed uneconomical by the privately held steel mills.
This chapter examines how Göring used the state holding company, the Reichswerke ‘Hermann Göring’, to exploit industrial assets in Germany and occupied Europe during the war. It analyses the political and military motives behind the expansion of the concern, and its role in the Nazi power struggle and the ‘völkisch’ economy.
In July 1937, the Reichswerke Hermann Göring was established under state ownership – though led by Göring – with the aim of boosting steel production beyond the level which private enterprise could economically provide.
- He was born into an aristocratic family. Hermann Göring was born on 12 January 1893 to Heinrich Göring, a diplomatic consul to German South-West Africa (now Namibia), and his second wife Franziska Tiefenbrunn.
- He was a fighter pilot in the First World War. After a childhood of military interests, and an education at military academy, Göring entered the German Army as an infantry lieutenant in 1912.
- He was wounded in the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. Göring became a member of the National Socialists in 1922 after circulating the anti-Weimar and anti-reparations scene.
- He was Commander in Chief of the Luftwaffe. On 1 March 1935 Göring took on the leadership of the Luftwaffe. Without the knowledge or strategic understanding necessary, he overestimated the German force’s potential, and underestimated that of his enemies.
Die Reichswerke Hermann Göring waren neben der I.G. Farben und der Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG der größte Konzern im nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Reich. Die Bezeichnung „Reichswerke Hermann Göring“ ist eine vereinfachende Abkürzung, die sowohl den ganzen Konzern als auch einzelne Gesellschaften dieses Konzerns bezeichnen kann. Das ...
Where big business interests and the Nazis political goals clashed, the Nazis prioritise their own political achievements. One example of this was the creation of the company Reichswerke Hermann Göring-Werke in 1937 to process low grade steel ore, deemed uneconomic by private companies. Historians such as Alan Milward support this view.
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Reichswerke Hermann Göring was an industrial conglomerate in Nazi Germany from 1937 until 1945. It was established to extract and process domestic iron ores from Salzgitter that were deemed uneconomical by the privately held steel mills.
