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Berthold Beitz was born on 16 September, 1913 in Zemmin, Hither Pomerania (now Germany), is a German industrialist. Discover Berthold Beitz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 100 years old?

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Occupation Industrialist, philanthropist
Age 100 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 16 September, 1913
Birthday 16 September
Birthplace Zemmin, Hither Pomerania (now Germany)
Date of death 13 July, 2013
Died Place Kampen (Sylt), Germany
Nationality Germany

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His wife is Else Hochheim (m. 1939)

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Berthold Beitz Net Worth

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1913

Berthold Beitz (26 September 1913 – 30 July 2013) was a German industrialist.

Beitz was born in 1913 in Zemmin, Hither Pomerania.

1938

He began his career as a banker at the "Pommersche Bank" in Stralsund and started to work for Shell Oil Company in Hamburg in 1938.

1939

Beitz remained in the employ of Shell Oil when World War II began in 1939.

1941

Following Germany's invasion and occupation of Borysław in July 1941, Beitz was assigned to supervise the Carpathian Oil Company operating the Borysław oil fields in what is now Ukraine.

Given the importance of the oil fields to the German war effort, Beitz was able to designate workers as essential to the war effort.

The Borysław area had a large Jewish population, with many Jews holding positions as chemical engineers, laboratory assistants, mechanics, and laborers in the area's oil industry.

1942

He pulled 250 people off a train headed for the Belzec extermination camp in July 1942.

It is estimated that Beitz and his wife saved over 800 lives.

After witnessing the "Invaliden-Aktion" in August 1942, an SS-led evacuation of a Jewish orphanage in Borysław, Beitz became determined to act to save local Jews.

Having a position of importance, Beitz received advance word of Nazi actions against local Jews and provided warning to the Jewish community.

He also had the opportunity to select suitable workers from Jews who were being held at transfer points for deportation to concentration camps.

In August 1942, he "extricated 250 Jewish men and women from the transport train to the Belzec extermination camp by claiming them as 'professional workers.'" Beitz recalled, "I should have employed qualified personnel. Instead, I chose tailors, hairdressers and Talmudic scholars and gave them all cards as vital 'petroleum technicians.'"

Together with his wife Else, Beitz also hid Jews in his home.

He also issued and signed fake work permits to save other Jews from the death camps.

1943

In 1943, Beitz's efforts were nearly exposed after two Jewish girls were arrested on a train to Hungary with forged "Aryan" permits signed by Beitz.

1944

Beitz survived despite a Gestapo investigation into the incident, but he was drafted into the German army in March 1944.

In total, Beitz has been credited with saving the lives of 800 Jews.

Beitz later explained his motivation: "I saw how people were shot, how they were lined up in the night. My motives were not political; they were purely humane, moral motives."

In another interview, he explained: "It wasn't anti-Fascism, nor was it resistance. We saw from dawn to dusk, as close as could be, what was happening to Boryslav's Jews. When you see a mother holding her children being shot, while you yourself have children, your reaction has to be completely different."

For his efforts in saving Jewish workers, Beitz received Poland's highest civilian honor.

1950

He was the head of the Krupp steel conglomerate beginning in the 1950s.

He was credited with helping to lead the re-industrialization of the Ruhr Valley and rebuilding Germany into an industrial power.

He and his wife Else Beitz gained acclaim for saving Jewish workers during World War II by declaring them to be essential workers at an oil facility.

1953

In 1953, Alfried Krupp hired him to become chairman of the Krupp steel corporation.

1967

After Alfried Krupp's death in 1967, Beitz served as executor and persuaded the Krupp heirs to establish a charitable foundation known as the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation.

The foundation still owns 25% of ThyssenKrupp.

Beitz remained active in the foundation and led its effort to fund the creation of the Museum Folkwang in Essen.

1972

From 1972 to 1988, Beitz was a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and an honorary member until his death.

1973

In 1973, for saving Jews, he received the Righteous Among the Nations title awarded by the Israeli Yad Vashem, the highest honor given to a non-Jew.

In 1973, he was also honored by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial, as a "Righteous Among the Nations", the organization's highest honor for non-Jews who saved Jews from the Holocaust.

According to Yad Vashem, "The Jews that he rescued from deportation included many unqualified workers, often in poor physical condition, who could not, by any stretch of the imagination, be described as 'professionals' or indispensable to the oil industry."

After the war, Beitz became the head of Iduna, an insurance company.

His innovative business methods and compensation brought him attention.

1984

From 1984 to 1988, he was an IOC vice president and executive board member.

1990

He remained with the company for 60 years and helped build it into a publicly traded conglomerate, merging the company in the 1990s to form ThyssenKrupp.

Beitz has also been credited with helping to lead the re-industrialization of the Ruhr Valley where Krupp's operations were based.

2000

In 2000, he received the Leo-Baeck Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Central Council of Jews in Germany.

2013

In July 2013, Beitz died at age 99 at his holiday home on the island of Sylt off the northern coast of Germany.

He is survived by his wife Else and three daughters.