by Joachim Käppner · Berlin, Berlin, 2010 · tapa dura · ISBN 9783827008923
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«Berthold Beitz: Die Biographie» is Joachim Käppner's biography of Berthold Beitz, published by Berlin Verlag in hardcover (621 pages, in German).
The work traces the life of Berthold Beitz, for decades one of the most influential figures in the German economy at the head of the Krupp Group. He championed the new Ostpolitik and advocated compensation for forced laborers; he also saved hundreds of Jews in Poland and was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem.
The book includes a foreword by Helmut Schmidt, bibliographic references and an index. The work was awarded the Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2011.
For those interested in German economic and political history of the 20th century and in biographies of major business figures.
