François de Wendel was a French industrialist and politician. He inherited the leadership of a major steel manufacturer in Lorraine at a time when it was part of Germany, and in Meurthe-et-Moselle in
Photograph of his mother, Berthe de Corbel-Corbeau de Vaulserre, with François and his two brothers, Maurice and Humbert, c. 1890
Former sepulchral chapel of the Wendels in Hayange
Pâtural Blast furnace P6, at Hayange
Hermann Röchling was a German steel manufacturer in the regions of Saar and Lorraine in the 20th century. An early supporter of Nazism, he went on to play a major role in the German war economy during
Carl Röchling, Hermann's father
German industrialists in 1937: Rear: Terberger, Raabe, Krugmann; Front: Friedrich Flick, Eugen Böhringer, Konsul Stein; Seated: Robert Röchling, Hermann's brother
Völklingen Ironworks, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The prototype V-3 cannon at Laatzig, Germany (now Poland) in 1942