Quotes About Thyssen

Bofors was a steelmaker that became a forgings company and then went on to build guns. Companies like Krupp and Thyssen were in steel and forgings before entering defence. There are similar examples in the U.K.; it is a natural progression.

One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the Nazi regime has ruined German industry. And to all he met abroad he proclaimed, What a fool ( Dummkopf ) I was!