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Something wrong?Berthold Beitz was a German industrialist. 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.
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2013Died30 July 20132012Order of Merit of Mecklenburg-West PomeraniaAward2011State Prize of North Rhine-WestphaliaAward1999German Leo Baeck AwardAwardHonorary Doctor of the Ruhr University BochumAward1987Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1986Order of Merit of North Rhine-WestphaliaAward1979Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1973Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardRighteous Among the NationsAward1913Born26 September 1913
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Country
Germany
Category
Founders
Type
Founder
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2013 · aged 99
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