(1872 – 1955) German steel manufacturer, a Pan-German nationalist and strongly anti-semitic. After the accession of Adolf Hitler he became an influential member of the Nazi Party. During World War II he was made responsible for coordination of the iron and steel industry in occupied Lorraine, and later in the whole of Germany and the occupied territories and used prisoners of war for forced labor in the steel works. After the war he was tried and convicted of war crimes. rare S.P., 3.5 x 5.5 in. b/w, shows Rochling speaking before a microphone. Signed with poor contrast, else very good.