Alfred Hugenberg
German politician (1865-1951) · Germany · On the map · Politicians · Died at 85
Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg was an influential German businessman and politician. An important figure in nationalist politics in Germany during the first three decades of the twentieth century, Hugenberg became the country's leading media proprietor during the 1920s.
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Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach in 1915
Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg in 1913
Heinrich Class, whose plans for a putsch included Hugenberg
Kuno von Westarp, chairman of the DNVP before Hugenberg
Referendum campaign medal against the Young Plan. The inscription reads "Freedom Fight of the German People".
Chancellor Heinrich Brüning, who attempted unsuccessfully to have Hugenberg join his cabinet.
Hugenberg in Bad Harzburg, 1931, with Prince Eitel FriedrichAwards
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As leader of the German National People's Party, he played a part in helping Adolf Hitler become chancellor of Germany and served in his first cabinet in 1933, hoping to control Hitler and use him as his tool. The plan failed, and by the end of 1933, Hugenberg had been pushed to the sidelines. Although he continued to serve as a guest member of the Reichstag until 1945, he wielded no political influence. Following World War II, he was interned by the British in 1946 and classified as "exonerated" in 1951 after undergoing denazification.
