 The assets of the Reichswerke acquired by conquest were recaptured by Allied troops between 1943–1945 - these included assets of ARBED (Luxembourg) and Skoda Works.The Reichswerke assets in allied-occupied Austria were nationalized by the "First Nationalization Law" enacted by the Austrian Parliament on July 26, 1946.The ore mines in Erzberg and the steel mills in Linz, destroyed by allied air raids, were reorganized into the state-owned VÖEST (now part of voestalpine).