Private company

Reichswerke Hermann Göring

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Nazi-controlled industrial conglomerate in WWII

Reichswerke Hermann Göring ("Hermann Göring Reich Works") was an industrial conglomerate in Nazi Germany from 1937 until 1945. It was established to extract and process domestic iron ores from Salzgitter that were deemed uneconomical by the privately held steel mills. The state-owned Reichswerke was seen as a vehicle for hastening growth in ore mining and steel output regardless of private capitalists' plans and opinions, which ran in alignment to Adolf Hitler's strategic and economic vision.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Jul 15, 1937Founded1
  • Industryiron and steel industry, weapons industry1
  • HeadquartersSalzgitter1
  • Founded inSalzgitter1

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Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H06156, Linz, Reichswerke "Hermann Göring", Spatenstich
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Reichswerke Hermann Göring ("Hermann Göring Reich Works") was an industrial conglomerate in Nazi Germany from 1937 until 1945. It was established to extract and process domestic iron ores from Salzgitter that were deemed uneconomical by the privately held steel mills. The state-owned Reichswerke was seen as a vehicle for hastening growth in ore mining and steel output regardless of private capitalists' plans and opinions, which ran in alignment to Adolf Hitler's strategic and economic vision. In November 1937, Reichsminister of Aviation Hermann Göring obtained unchecked access to state financing and launched a chain of mergers, diversifying into military industries with the absorption of Rheinmetall. Göring himself supervised the Reichswerke but did not own it in any sense and did not make personal profit from it directly, although at times he withdrew cash for personal expenses.2

Corporate structure

Reichswerke Hermann Göring sits at the top of its group. 27 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Reichswerke Hermann Göring reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Hermann Göring on Jul 15, 1937, in Salzgitter.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

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Acquisitions

  1. 1942Acquired Vítkovice Mining and Iron Corporation1
  2. Succeeded by Salzgitter AG1

Timeline

  1. 1945Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Jul 15, 1937Founded Founded in Salzgitter1

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