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212would have been a crowning achievement. In his it wasmerely a station toward the ultimate destination.He was now the leader of an illustrious group of industrialists,was spoken of as the Titan of the Ruhr and the benevolenttyrant of armies of labourers. He was in love with theWorld War which had brought new life to Essen. WhileHitler tried to exterminate the enemy one by one, Hugenbergdid it by the hundred thousand. Those who knew thegeneral manager of the Krupp Works admired his energyand arrogance. Although he was not heard or seen in public,he was working on the realization of great dreams – thedestruction of England, the crushing of France, and the ruinof the German trade unions.In the Spring of 1918 Hugenberg left the Krupp Works,in search of new laurels and new adventures. A trained poet,cattle-breeder and industrial magnate, his obvious vocationwas to become a newspaper magnate.“Hugenberg is getting queer,” his former associates saidwith a quizzical smile and were glad a competitor was out ofthe way. Krupp‟s erstwhile general manager was past fiftywhen he bought the Berliner Land-Anzeiger, an influentialdaily, and started on the career which has provided himwith life‟s great ambition. The building up of a vast journalisticempire was his aim. Germany‟s war was dying ofmalnutrition and Hugenberg was ready to furnish its spiritualbill of fare. As the head of a metropolitan daily, he was ina better position to keep the domestic foe in check.The Anzeiger turned out to be the first one of a luxuriousgrowth of newspapers. In twelve years Hugenberg ob-