Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokubatwa kwesimba navaNazi muna 1933, mitezo yechiJudha yebhodhi romutarisiri Richard Merton, Julius Levisohn naHeinrich Wohlwill vakamanikidzirwa kurega basa. Norddeutsche Affinerie yakanga ichibatsirwa nokuwedzera kwemari yehurumende uye yakawedzera basa rayo zvikuru. Pakazosvika 1939, kambani yacho yakanga yava kugovera inenge hafu yezvinodiwa nemhangura muGermany uye yakanga yava kushandira vanhu 1450. Pashure pokurwiswa kwaNovember
, kambani yacho yaibatanidzwa mukugadzira ndarama yaibvutwa kuvaridzi vechiJudha. Muna 1939, Wilhelm Avieny weMetallgesellschaft naHermann Schlosser, CEO weDegussa, vakagadzwa munzvimbo dzinotungamira muSupervisory Board yeNorddeutsche Affinerie. Vose vari vaviri vaiva vatsigiri vapakuvamba veNSDAP uye vakabatanidzwa nezvematongerwe enyika echiNazi nemhaka yokukosha kwemakambani avo. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, Norddeutsche Affinerie yakanga iri mugoveri anokosha kumaindasitiri ezvombo uye yaishandisa basa rokumanikidzirwa kutsigira kugadzirwa. Pakakwirira kwazvo muna July 1944, vashandi 806 pavashandi 1900 vakanga vari vashandi vechibharo.