5. Alfred Krupp The Krupp Works and The Founder of Modern Warfare

6. The House of Krupp

7. Alfred Krupp: The Early Years
Born 1812
1830’s: Iron works
1840’s Spoon roller
Improved steel
The Zollverien

8. 1850’s: tyrees

9. Alfred Krupp and The Unification of Germany
Schelswig Wars
Franco-Prussian War
“The Cannon King”

10. The Franco Prussian War (1870)

11. Post German Unification: The Krupp Steel Empire
Steel Production
Railroad Development
Anti-Politics
Social Welfare Reform
International Weapons Dealer
Family and work ethic
Anti-Semitism
Primogeniture

12. Krupp Family and primogeniture
Frederich Krupp
Alfred Krupp
Friedrich Alfred Krupp
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

13. Villa Hügel

14. Historical Significance
Early 1900’s and Otto Von Bismarck
World War I
The Interwar Years and “Wir machen Alles”
World War II

15. The Krupps and the Nazis

16. Alfreid Krupp during the cold war

17. The Krupp Empire Today