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At the dawn of Nazi Germany a few weeks after Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor, Reichstag president Hermann Göring invited two dozen of Germany's wealthiest and most influential bankers and industrialists to his home to solicit funds for the upcoming election, according to historian David de Jong in Nazi Billionaires.
Among them were owners of Germany's largest corporations, some of whose names are familiar to us even today - Siemens, Krupp, Allianz, and defunct chemical manufacturer and Zyklon B poison gas supplier IG Farben, an antecedent of pharma giant Bayer.

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Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties

Few entrepreneurs paid attention to Hitler until he grew powerful after 1930. Some became ardent Nazis, but most approved of his hatred of socialism, worker activism, and democracy. Once Hitler began rearming, they scrambled for contracts, which involved currying favour with Nazi leaders. An enormous source of profit was Jewish businesses, often acquired for a pittance. Readers searching for an industrialist who disapproved will come up empty. As de Jong shows, nearly everyone approved of the methods of the business community. Orders increased, and a flood of slave labourers from the conquered countries poured into the factories.