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    Berthold Beitz German Industrialist and Humanitarian, Dies at 99

    Written by John Packard


    Written by Sandy Williams

    German industrialist, Berthold Beitz, the “grand old man of steel,” died on July 30 at 99 years of age. Beitz turned the privately run Krupp Steel company into a publically traded corporation that is now ThyssenKrupp Steel, but he is also credited for saving hundreds of Jews during World War II.

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