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(L-R) The designated curatorium chairwoman of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation Ursula Gather, ThyssenKrupp supervisory board chairman Ulrich Lehner and the CEO of ThyssenKrupp AG Heinrich Hiesinger stand together during the funeral service for the late Berthold Beitz, patriarch of German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp, on September 26, 2013 at Villa Huegel in Essen, western Germany. Beitz, who saved hundreds of Jews from Nazi persecution, had died aged 99 on July 30, 2013. He would have turned 100 on September 26, 2013. AFP PHOTO / POOL / ROLF VENNENBERND (Photo credit should read ROLF VENNENBERND/AFP via Getty Images)