Albert Vögler
Albert Vögler | |
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Industrialist, politician | |
| Employer(s) | Dortmunder Steel Works, Deutsch-Luxemburgische Bergwerks- und Hütten-AG mining company, Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG |
| Political party | German People's Party (member, co-founder) |
| Board member of | Dortmunder Chamber of Commerce, Rheinisch Westfäli coal syndicate |
Albert Vögler (8 February 1877 – 14 April 1945) was a German
entrepreneur. He was a co-founder of the German People's Party, and an important executive in the munitions industry during World War II
.
Vögler was born to Karl and Berta Vögler in
University of Karlsruhe in 1901 with a degree in mechanical engineering.[1] Between 1901 and 1910 he worked as a senior engineer at the Dortmunder Steel Works, and then became a member of the executive committee in the Deutsch-Luxemburgische Bergwerks- und Hütten-AG mining company. Upon the death in 1924 of the founder, Hugo Stinnes
, Vögler became manager.
In 1918, with
Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG and was its chairman until 1935. In 1927 he also became an honorary board member of his old university in Karlsruhe. He also served as the president of the agricultural company called KWS.[2]
As an industrialist who financed the Nazis, Vögler was a member of the Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft. He killed himself at the end of the war.
Nazi politics
As a business man, Vögler feared the rise of
Freundeskreis Himmler.[3]
Hitler became
marks in donations.[1] During the latter part of the 1930s, Vögler was described by the Jewish businessman Max von der Porten as one of the industrialists who focused primarily on business, hardly spoke of politics and did not want to know anything about it.[4]
From 1940 onwards, Vögler was heavily involved with the manufacture of munitions. He served in increasingly important positions under
slave labour
so costs of manufacture were minimal.
He was president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (later Max Planck Society) from 1941 until his death in 1945.
Nuremberg trials
On 14 April 1945, in order to avoid capture by the advancing
US Army, Vögler committed suicide in Haus Ende, Herdecke.[5] Despite his death, he was still identified as one of the defendants in the Nuremberg trials of prominent industrialists, which prosecuted the clique of businessmen who helped Hitler.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Biographie: Albert Vögler, 1877-1945
- ISBN 978-1-4020-6717-4.
- ISBN 9781782385943.
- ISBN 9780521809290.
- ^ ISBN 0-8078-2634-0.
External links
- A detailed biography
Media related to Albert Vögler (entrepreneur) at Wikimedia Commons- Newspaper clippings about Albert Vögler in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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