 Göring turned his eyes to Austrian steel in 1937.The Anschluss of March 1938 gave Göring practically unlimited access to Austrian resources.The Reichswerke's activities in Austria demonstrated that Göring regarded captured assets as state property and was not willing to share the fortunes with private German businesses – on the contrary, the Reichswerke absorbed Austrian assets that were already owned by German investors and completely eliminated the barons of Ruhr from Austrian industry.