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'''Alfred Hugenberg''' (1865–1951) was a German publisher, financier and right-wing politician who co-founded the [[Deutschnationale Volkspartei]] ([[DNVP]], German National People's Party). His causes included monarchism and repudiation of the [[World War I]] peace treaties. In the [[Weimar Republic]], he was first elected to the [[Reichstag]] in 1919. He was a director of Krupp Industries and briefly in the Prussian Ministry of Finance. | |||
Beginning in 1929, he was a source of money to the early Nazis. He and the DNVP went into the short-lived 1932 Harzburg Front coalition with them. <ref>{{citation | |||
| title = Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris | |||
| author = [[Ian Kershaw]] | |||
| year = 1998 | |||
| publisher = W.W. Norton | |||
| isbn = 0-393-04671-0 | |||
}}, p. 356</ref> | |||
After the Nazis took control, he was not in their government. Eventually, he lost his publishing empire to the Nazis. | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 13:14, 17 January 2011
Alfred Hugenberg (1865–1951) was a German publisher, financier and right-wing politician who co-founded the Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP, German National People's Party). His causes included monarchism and repudiation of the World War I peace treaties. In the Weimar Republic, he was first elected to the Reichstag in 1919. He was a director of Krupp Industries and briefly in the Prussian Ministry of Finance.
Beginning in 1929, he was a source of money to the early Nazis. He and the DNVP went into the short-lived 1932 Harzburg Front coalition with them. [1]
After the Nazis took control, he was not in their government. Eventually, he lost his publishing empire to the Nazis.
References
- ↑ Ian Kershaw (1998), Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-04671-0, p. 356