Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach | |
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1946 mugshot | |
| Born | Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach 13 August 1907 |
| Died | 30 July 1967 (aged 59) Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Organization | ThyssenKrupp AG |
| Allegiance | Krupp family |
| Conviction | Crimes against humanity |
| Trial | Krupp trial (8 December 1947 – 31 July 1948) |
| Criminal penalty | 12 years imprisonment plus forfeiture of all property; reduced to time served and property forfeiture waived |
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.
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Sailing | ||
| Representing Germany | ||
| 1936 Berlin | 8 Meter Class | |