During the Second World War Flick's industrial enterprises used 48,000 forced labourers from Germany's concentration camps.
Friedrich Flick was pardoned 3 years later and received a full refund of the proceeds of crime paid, from the governments.
Friedrich Flick was the son of a wealthy farmer, who also owned some stock in a mining company in Ernsdorf.
His rise began as a member of the board of directors of the Charlottenhütte mining company, and he eventually became a co-owner.
[1] During the Second World War Flick's industrial enterprises used 48,000 forced labourers from Germany's concentration camps.