Fritz Mandl
Fritz Mandl | |
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Mandl in a immigration file of the Federal Police of Brazil in 1958 | |
| Member of the Landtag of Lower Austria | |
| In office 1935–1945 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Friedrich Alexander Maria Mandl 9 February 1900 |
| Died | 8 September 1977 (aged 77) Vienna, Austria |
| Party | Fatherland Front |
| Spouse | Helene Strauss
(m. 1921; div. 1921)Hedy Lamarr
(m. 1933; div. 1937)Herta Wrany
(m. 1938; div. 1951)Gloria de Quaranta
(m. 1951; div. 1957)Monika Brücklmeier (m. 1960) |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Industrialist, armament manufacturer, politician |
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Friedrich Alexander Maria Mandl colloquially Fritz Mandl (9 February 1900 – 8 September 1977) was an Austrian industrialist, armament manufacturer, private investor and prominent fascist. He would be known as the King of Ammunition for leading the Hirtenberger ammunition concern.
Mandl was closely associated with Austrofascism, Fascist Italy as well as an opponent of Nazism. In the 1930s, he became an ally of Prince Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, then commander of the Austrian nationalist militia ("Heimwehr"), which he furnished with weapons and ammunition. He was once the richest Austrian.