Deutschlands »Drang nach Südosten«

In 1931, the heavy industry at Rhine and Ruhr took over the Berlin-based German section of the "Mitteleuropäischer Wirtschaftstag" (MWT). The president of the association, Tilo von Wilmowsky, was a protagonist of engineered and economically organized agriculture. He was also the brother-in-law of Gustav Krupp, giving him the ability to bring about a marriage between "manor and furnace" and to dis...