The Lex Krupp was a document signed into federal law on November 12, 1943 by Adolf Hitler that made the Krupp company a personal company with specially regulated rules of succession, in order to ensure that the Krupp family

Krupp

The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...

 enterprise remain intact.

History

This specialized German law of 1943 was created through the combined efforts of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, "Taffi", ran the German Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941...

 , the head of the steel concern Fried. Krupp AG Essen

Krupp

The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...

, Martin Bormann

Martin Bormann

Martin Ludwig Bormann was a prominent Nazi official. He became head of the Party Chancellery and private secretary to Adolf Hitler...

, Chief of the Nazi Party Chancellery, Dr. Hans Lammers

Hans Lammers

Dr.jur. Hans Heinrich Lammers was a German jurist and prominent Nazi politician. From 1933 until 1945 he served as head of the Reich Chancellery under Adolf Hitler....

 , German State Secretary, and Adolf Hitler, in order to establish a legal mandate for the preservation of the Krupp family enterprise, so that Gustav's son and heir, Alfried Felix Alwyn von Bohlen und Halbach, would be heretofore, addressed as Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. This law was signed by Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

 on 12 November 1943 and became effective immediately, thus transferring ownership from Bertha Krupp

Bertha Krupp

Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , born Bertha Krupp and commonly known by this name outside Germany, was a member of the Krupp family, Germany's leading industrial dynasty of the 19th and 20th centuries...

 to the first male heir of Bertha Krupp

Bertha Krupp

Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach , born Bertha Krupp and commonly known by this name outside Germany, was a member of the Krupp family, Germany's leading industrial dynasty of the 19th and 20th centuries...

 and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, "Taffi", ran the German Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941...

.

Provisions

In German: "Der Eigentümer des Vermögens der Krupp-Familie ist dazu berechtigt, dieses Vermögen zur Errichtung eines Familienunternehmens mit genau festgelegter Nachfolge zu verwenden."

English translation: "The owner of the Krupp family's wealth is entitled to use this fortune for the establishment of a family enterprise with a specially regulated succession."

In German: "Der jeweilige Eigentümer des Unternehmens soll den Namen 'Krupp' vor seinem Familiennamen tragen."

English translation: "Whoever be the owner of the enterprise shall carry the name Krupp before his family name.".