Pascual Benito
phbenito.bsky.social
Pascual Benito
@phbenito.bsky.social
...from time to time made large scale contributions to the [Nazi] Party Treasury.

Hitler awarded Krupp the title of Fuhrer of Industry later in 1933.
February 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It was clear from the evidence that Gustav Krupp embraced Nazism shortly prior to the seizure of power by the Nazi Party and continued his allegiance thereafter. He played an important part in bringing to Hitler’s support other leading industrialists and through the medium of the Krupp firm…
February 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Gustav Krupp was the first executive to speak at the Berlin meeting, and pledged one million marks. As the United Nations summarized in a 1949 report, Krupp was a key financier for the Nazi Party, including through his corporation:
February 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
According to Robert Jackson, the former Supreme Court Justice and chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, “[T]he industrialists…became so enthusiastic that they set about to raise three million Reichsmarks [worth about $30 million today] to strengthen and confirm the Nazi Party in power.”
February 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Attending [..] were IG Farben directors & Krupp chief Gustav Krupp. Hitler addressed the group, saying “private enterprise cannot be maintained in a democracy.” He told the men he would eliminate trade unions & communists [&] asked for their financial support & to back his vision for Germany.
February 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM