Thread by @JimmyFalunGong

today's all about Gustav Krupp, the homunculus himself

we're talking about Versailles again, and the Treaty of Rapallo too

Karl Radek lol

According to a Krupp memo written during the war, “Of the guns which were being used in 1939–1941, the most important were already fully developed in 1933, and many were completed much earlier..."

"The basic principles of armament and turret design for tanks had already been worked out in 1926, and the Krupp factory began manufacturing tanks on a limited scale in 1928"

get this - one week before the Reichstag fire, Hitler called Gustav Krupp, of course, but also 4 directors from IG Farben, Albert Vogler of the United Steel Works, and 20 other executives

but why?

because Göring was telling them:

“We are about to hold the last election,” he began, and paused to let the full implications of that sink in. He continued, saying “Private enterprise cannot be maintained in a democracy”.

Hitler said “Regardless of the outcome” at the polls, there would be “no retreat.” If he lost he would stay in office “by other means… with other weapons.”

they were basically telling them the Reichstag fire was coming

then came the terror elections after the Reichstag fire, which, despite all their trickery, only got them a majority, not the 2/3rds majority needed to formally pass their dictatorship

so what'd they do? basically bribed politicians using the money they got from the aforementioned meeting with industrialists to get past the goalpost

you ever hear about the Adolf Hitler Fund of German Trade and Industry ("Adolf-Hitler-Spende der deutschen Wirtschaft")? it was basically a slush fund big business used to pay off the Nazis for liquidating unions

in 1934, Hitler decreed Gustav Krupp to be the country’s Führer of the economy

now, as we all know, it's instructive to take note of who was where when certain deep events took place, right? like who was in Dallas on 11/22/63, and who was, idk, at Camp Peary at the time, right?

well guess who was at Villa Hügel when the Night of the Long Knives was launched?

that's right, it's Hitler

anyway it's a cool episode, check it out. in a little while, I'll drop a second episode today