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 ::::Absent a definition of ""closely affiliated"" we would tend to think that the bank was directly part of the steel cartel in Germany. As the Thyssen propertes were ALREADY expropriated by Hitler before 1941, this is ""guilt by association.""  Unless, of course, you would like the full Thyssen story inserted into this article?  Glad to do it if that is what you want here.   "