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| It was sold by the Nordmann family to ] in 1991. {{cn}} | It was sold by the Nordmann family to ] in 1991. {{cn}} | ||
| It was formerly the largest employer in ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Josef Esser/Werner Wäth|first=|editor=Yves Mény, Vincent Wright, Martin Rhodes|title=The Politics of |
It was formerly the largest employer in ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Josef Esser/Werner Wäth|first=|editor=Yves Mény, Vincent Wright, Martin Rhodes|title=The Politics of Steel: Western Europe and the Steel Industry in the Crisis Years (1974-1984)|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eYZinsF8qEAC&pg=PA670&dq=Hoesch+steel&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fX_xVPnbPISp7AbY9oDADg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Hoesch%20steel&f=false|accessdate=1 March 2015|year=1986|publisher=European University Institute|page=670|chapter=Overcoming the Steel Crisis in the FRG}}</ref> | ||
| ==Nazi involvement== | ==Nazi involvement== | ||
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The Hoesch AG was an important steel and mining company with locations in the Ruhr area and Siegen.
It was sold by the Nordmann family to Krupp in 1991.
It was formerly the largest employer in Dortmund.
Nazi involvement
Fritz Springorum represented Hoesch AG at the Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933 at which prominent industrialists met with Adolf Hitler to finance the Nazi Party.
References
- Josef Esser/Werner Wäth (1986). "Overcoming the Steel Crisis in the FRG". In Yves Mény, Vincent Wright, Martin Rhodes (ed.). The Politics of Steel: Western Europe and the Steel Industry in the Crisis Years (1974-1984). European University Institute. p. 670. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - recording of Martin Blank for Paul Reusch printed in: Dirk Stegmann (1973). Zum Verhältnis von Großindustrie und Nationalsozialismus 1930-1933. Bonn-Bad Godesberg. p. 477.