November
27, 2004 journal, Delaware Art Center in Wilmington showing art of the South I
appreciate my art being in this show, the people react well to the apocalyptic
message. The Delaware Art Center is an interesting Museum. I am honored to be here at this time. Revelation Now 12 x 36ft was painted
last year for the South
Carolina State Museum show. Clamor "The money poured in
from the industrial circles mostly due to Hitler's "monarchist
attitude" towards labor and issues of class. But by November, German voters grew weary of
Hitler's antidemocratic tendencies and turned to the Communist party, which
gained the most seats in the fall election. The Nazis lost a sweeping 35 seats
in the Reichstag, but since the Nazis were already secretly negotiating a power
sharing alliance with Hindenberg that would
ultimately lead to Hitler declaring himself dictator, the outcry of German
voters was politically insignificant. By
1934, Hindenberg was dead and Hitler completely
controlled Germany. In March, Hitler announced his plans
for a vast new highway system. He wanted to connect the entire Reich with an
unprecedented wide road design, especially around major ports. Hitler wanted to
bring down unemployment but, more importantly, needed the new roads for speedy
military maneuvers. Hitler also wanted
to seriously upgrade Germany's military machine. Hitler ordered a "rebirth
of the German army" and contracted Thyssen and
United Steel Works for the overhaul. Thyssen's steel
empire was the cold steel heart of the new Nazi war machine that led the way to
World War II, killing millions across Europe.
Thyssen's and Flick's profits soared into the
hundreds of millions in 1934 and the Bank voor Handel
en Scheepvaart and UBC in New York were overflowing with money. Prescott B-u-sh
became managing director of UBC and handled the day-to-day operations of the
new German economic plan. B-u-sh's shares in UBC
peaked with Hitler's new German order. But while production rose, cronyism did
as well. On March 19, 1934, Prescott B-u-sh handed
Averell Harriman a copy of that day's New York Times.
The Polish government was applying to take over Consolidated Silesian Steel
Corporation and Upper Silesian Coal and Steel Company from German and American
interests because of rampant "mismanagement, excessive borrowing,
fictitious bookkeeping and gambling in securities." The Polish govern-ment required the owners of the company, which accounted
for over 45% of Poland's steel production, to pay at least
its full share of back taxes. Bu-sh and Harriman
would eventually hire attorney John Foster Dulles to help cover up any
improprieties that might arise under investigative scrutiny. Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 ended the debate about
Consolidated Silesian Steel Corporation and Upper Silesian Coal and Steel
Company. The Nazis knocked the Polish Government off Thyssen,
Flick and Harriman's steel company and were planning to replace the paid
workers. Originally Hitler promised Stalin they would share Poland and use Soviet prisoners as slaves in
Polish factories. Hitler's promise never actually materialized and he
eventually invaded Russia.
1940s: Business As Usual. Consolidated Silesian
Steel Corporation was located near the Polish town of Oswiecim, one of Poland's richest mineral regions. That was where
Hitler set up the Auschwitz concentration camp. When the plan to
work Soviet prisoners fell through, the Nazis transferred Jews, commun-ists, gypsies and other minority populations to the
camp. The prisoners of Auschwitz who were able to work were shipped to
30 different companies. One of the companies was the vast Consolidated Silesian
Steel Corporation. "Nobody's made
the connection before bet-ween Consolidated Silesian
Steel Corporation, Auschwitz and Prescott Bush," John Loftus
told Clamor. "That was the reason why Auschwitz was built there. The coal deposits
could be processed into either coal or additives for aviation
gasoline." Even though Thyssen and Flick's Consolidated Steel was in their
possession, Hitler's invasions across Europe spooked them, bringing back memories
of World War I. Thyssen and Flick sold Consolidated
Steel to UBC. Under the complete control
of Harriman and management of Bush, the company became Silesian American
Corporation which became part of UBC and Harriman's portfolio of 15
corporations. Thyssen quickly moved to Switzerland and later France to hide from…