Heinrich Korschan

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Heinrich Leo Korschan (born October 24, 1895 in Hungarian Brod ; † January 8, 1973 ) was a German director at Krupp who was convicted as a war criminal in the Krupp trial .

Life

The engineer Korschan, who holds two doctorates ( Dr. mont. And Dr.-Ing. ), Started his employment at the cast steel factory of Friedrich Krupp AG on April 1, 1927 . He quickly made his career at Krupp: at the beginning of July 1931, he became an authorized representative , on July 1, 1932, operations director and authorized signatory, and at the beginning of October 1938, deputy director.

After power was handed over to the National Socialists , Korschan, a German citizen since 1930 , joined the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 ( membership number 3.419.293). He also belonged to the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV) and was appointed military economic leader. Korschan was married and the couple had two children. From November 1939 to November 1943 the Korschan family lived in the villa of the emigrated Richard Hessberg in Essen-Bredeney .

During the Second World War , Korschan finally became a deputy member of the board at Krupp in the spring of 1941 and was responsible for the company's steelworks division. From June 1941 to March 1942 Korschan was convened as a senior war administrator in the Wehrmacht and then worked as a representative for Krupp companies in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. In April 1943 he took over as a deputy member of the board of directors of the business division "Head of Operations in the East" and in June 1943 he became chairman of the board of Fried. Krupp Berthawerk AG in Markstädt near Breslau . After converting the AG into a family business, he was a deputy member of the board of directors from mid-December 1943. Korschan was awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class. He was a member of the Association of German Ironworkers .

After the war ended, Korschan and eleven other suspects were indicted in the Krupp trial, which was part of the Nuremberg Trials , and sentenced to six years imprisonment on July 31, 1948 for participating in the forced labor program . At the beginning of February 1951 Korschan was released from the Landsberg War Crimes Prison . He then lived again in Essen-Bredeney.

literature

  • Uwe Kessler: On the history of management at Krupp. From the beginning of the company to the dissolution of Fried. Krupp AG (1811-1943) . Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 1995 ISBN 3-515-06486-9
  • Lothar Gall (ed.): Krupp in the 20th century. The history of the company from the First World War to the establishment of the foundation. Siedler, Berlin 2002 ISBN 3-88680-742-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date and place of birth with: Ernst Klee : Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 332. Precise date of death according to Uwe Kessler: Zur Geschichte des Managements bei Krupp. From the beginning of the company to the dissolution of Fried. Krupp AG (1811-1943) . Stuttgart 1995, p. 177.
  2. ^ A b Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals. Volume IX: "The Krupp Case". Washington 1950, p. 46.
  3. ↑ a b Martin Bach (City of Essen: Institute for Monument Protection and Preservation): The villa of the family Dr. Hessberg in Essen-Bredeney  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 21, 2011, p. 25.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / media.essen.de  
  4. ↑ Uwe Kessler: On the history of management at Krupp. From the beginning of the company to the dissolution of Fried. Krupp AG (1811-1943) . Stuttgart 1995, p. 179.
  5. ↑ Uwe Kessler: On the history of management at Krupp. From the beginning of the company to the dissolution of Fried. Krupp AG (1811-1943) . Stuttgart 1995, p. 180.
  6. ↑ Uwe Kessler: On the history of management at Krupp. From the beginning of the company to the dissolution of Fried. Krupp AG (1811-1943) . Stuttgart 1995, p. 221.
  7. ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 332.
personal data
SURNAME Korschan, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korschan, Heinrich Leo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager at Krupp
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Hungarian Brod
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1973