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Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was a German diplomat and industrialist. From 1909 to 1945, he headed Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry conglomerate, and led the company through two world wars along with his son Alfried, providing significant weapons and materials for the German war effort.

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business · German foreign service official, businessman and accused war criminal (1870–1950) · banker · diplomat · entrepreneur · jurist · politician · factory owner · also Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Krupp Bohlen Halbach, Dr. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Halbach

Born 7 August 1870 · Died 16 January 1950 · Q155871

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Awarded Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches (1940).
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Awarded War Merit Cross 1st Class without Swords (1940).
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1950· 1 entry

Jan 16, 1950Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1950-01-16.

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1940· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1940Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches (1940).

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Jun 15, 1940Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded War Merit Cross 1st Class without Swords (1940).

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Jun 15, 1940Documented record84% confidence

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Won Golden Party Badge presented by Adolf Hitler (1940).

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1933· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1933Documented record84% confidence

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Won Harnack medal (1933).

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Feb 20, 1933Documented record66% confidence

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Contributed one million Reichsmark to the Nazi party's fund for the March 1933 election, which enabled Hitler to take control of the government

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1932· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1932Documented record84% confidence

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Won Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1932).

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1929· 1 entry

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But was rebuffed because Krupp felt he would see some of the secret armament work there and reveal it to the world

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1923· 1 entry

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The directorate of the Krupp works ordered its employees to cease work, in line with the German policy of passive resistance to the occupation

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1917· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1917Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Merit Cross for War Aid (1917).

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1912· 1 entry

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And 1913, to raise Germany's standing army to 738,000 men

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1906· 1 entry

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Then von Bohlen-Halbach, married Bertha Krupp (1886–1957), the daughter and sole heiress of Friedrich Alfred Krupp respectively the Krupp concern, with whom he had eight children;

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1902· 2 entries

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At age 16 after the death of her father, Friedrich Alfred Krupp

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1902Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Before Krupp's marriage, the company leased a fuse patent to Vickers Limited of the United Kingdom

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1870· 1 entry

Aug 7, 1870Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1870-08-07.

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