Friedrich Benthaus

Friedrich Benthaus (born June 4, 1884 in Gelsenkirchen , † December 22, 1978 in Hagen ) was a German manager of the coal mining industry.

Life

Friedrich Benthaus was born the son of a mining entrepreneur from Gelsenkirchen. After graduating from high school, he began studying law , but after a short time switched to the mountain subject. From 1904 to 1905 he completed his practical training at various Ruhr mines, including the Selbeck ore mine . From 1905 to 1908 he studied at the Philipps University in Marburg , the Bergakademie Berlin and the RWTH Aachen . In Marburg he was active in the Corps Hasso-Nassovia , which reciprocated him in 1906. In 1908 he passed the mountain trainee exam. He then gained his first professional experience in general management and in the commercial sector at the Camphausen mine and the Oker lead works by 1909 . He then completed the mountain traineeship and passed the mountain assessor examination in 1914.

After the First World War , in 1919 he moved to the administration of Fried as mine director of the Hanover and Hannibal collieries . Krupp mines. In 1927 he became a Dr.-Ing. PhD. In 1929 he also became the mine director of the United Constantin the Great . In 1932 Benthaus was appointed a deputy member of the board of directors and in 1939 a full member of the management board of Friedrich Krupp AG , where he was responsible for the entire coal mining of the group until his retirement in 1947. On April 28, 1947, he made a statement to the prosecution in the Krupp trial about the organization of coal mining at Friedrich Krupp AG.

Web links

• Portfolio 68 Friedrich Benthaus, Essen - Bergassessor a. D. Dr.-Ing., Mine director at www.archive.nrw.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 99/815
2. ↑ Holger Menne, Michael Farrenkopf (edit.): Forced labor in the Ruhr mining industry during the Second World War , Bochum 2004, p. 156. ( digitized version )