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Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (13 August 1907 – 30 July 1967) was a German industrialist and the last personal sole owner of the company Fried. Krupp. The eldest of eight siblings, he came from the Krupp family on his mother's side and from the von Bohlen und Halbach family on his father's side.
Alfred Krupp supported the SS and joined the Nazi Party in 1938. His company seized property in countries that were conquered by the Germans and employed the forced labor of POWs and foreign civilians, including in Auschwitz. Krupp was indicted in the separate Krupp trial held in 1948. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison but was released by an American official, John Jay McCloy, in 1951. His property was returned to him in 1953.
Krupp was honored in West Germany, and the Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study, established in 2000, bears his name.
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was born the eldest son of his parents Gustav and Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach at the Krupp family residence, Villa Hügel, where he grew up together with his siblings. His godfather was Kaiser Wilhelm II. He attended the Realgymnasium in Essen-Bredeney, now the Goetheschule, studied engineering in Munich, Berlin and Aachen from 1928 to 1934 and graduated from the TH Aachen with a degree in engineering. He then completed a traineeship at Dresdner Bank in Berlin.[citation needed]
In 1937, Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach married the daughter of a Hamburg merchant, Annelise Lampert née Bahr (1909–1998). He had a son with her, Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach (1938–1986). The marriage ended in divorce in 1941. Arndt was later found to be unsuitable to manage the Krupp company by his father and others.
In 1952, Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was in his second marriage to Vera Knauer née Hossenfeldt (divorced from Langen, Wisbar and Knauer, 1909–1967). The marriage ended in divorce in 1957.
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was the last person with this surname. According to Wilhelm II's decree and Adolf Hitler's Lex Krupp, the suffix "Krupp" before the surname was only to be used by persons who were also owners of the Krupp company. With the transfer of the company to a foundation, this legal provision became obsolete.
In March 1943, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach followed his father Gustav as chairman of the board of directors of Fried. Krupp AG. At this time, his mother Bertha held almost all the shares in Fried. Krupp AG. In 1943, Fried. Krupp AG was transformed from a stock corporation into a family business, the sole owner of which was to be a family member. Analogous to the imperial decree (name propagation letter), the name Krupp was placed before his respective family name to the owner by the so-called Führererlass Lex Krupp. The purpose of the Lex Krupp was also to save the company the payment of inheritance tax. Von Bohlen und Halbach was therefore only allowed to put the name "Krupp" in front of his birth name with Adolf Hitler's authorization. His birth certificate was corrected at the Essen-Bredeney registry office on 17 June 1944.[citation needed]
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Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (13 August 1907 – 30 July 1967) was a German industrialist and the last personal sole owner of the company Fried. Krupp. The eldest of eight siblings, he came from the Krupp family on his mother's side and from the von Bohlen und Halbach family on his father's side.
Alfred Krupp supported the SS and joined the Nazi Party in 1938. His company seized property in countries that were conquered by the Germans and employed the forced labor of POWs and foreign civilians, including in Auschwitz. Krupp was indicted in the separate Krupp trial held in 1948. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison but was released by an American official, John Jay McCloy, in 1951. His property was returned to him in 1953.
Krupp was honored in West Germany, and the Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study, established in 2000, bears his name.
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was born the eldest son of his parents Gustav and Bertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach at the Krupp family residence, Villa Hügel, where he grew up together with his siblings. His godfather was Kaiser Wilhelm II. He attended the Realgymnasium in Essen-Bredeney, now the Goetheschule, studied engineering in Munich, Berlin and Aachen from 1928 to 1934 and graduated from the TH Aachen with a degree in engineering. He then completed a traineeship at Dresdner Bank in Berlin.[citation needed]
In 1937, Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach married the daughter of a Hamburg merchant, Annelise Lampert née Bahr (1909–1998). He had a son with her, Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach (1938–1986). The marriage ended in divorce in 1941. Arndt was later found to be unsuitable to manage the Krupp company by his father and others.
In 1952, Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was in his second marriage to Vera Knauer née Hossenfeldt (divorced from Langen, Wisbar and Knauer, 1909–1967). The marriage ended in divorce in 1957.
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was the last person with this surname. According to Wilhelm II's decree and Adolf Hitler's Lex Krupp, the suffix "Krupp" before the surname was only to be used by persons who were also owners of the Krupp company. With the transfer of the company to a foundation, this legal provision became obsolete.
In March 1943, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach followed his father Gustav as chairman of the board of directors of Fried. Krupp AG. At this time, his mother Bertha held almost all the shares in Fried. Krupp AG. In 1943, Fried. Krupp AG was transformed from a stock corporation into a family business, the sole owner of which was to be a family member. Analogous to the imperial decree (name propagation letter), the name Krupp was placed before his respective family name to the owner by the so-called Führererlass Lex Krupp. The purpose of the Lex Krupp was also to save the company the payment of inheritance tax. Von Bohlen und Halbach was therefore only allowed to put the name "Krupp" in front of his birth name with Adolf Hitler's authorization. His birth certificate was corrected at the Essen-Bredeney registry office on 17 June 1944.[citation needed]
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