Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (13 August 1907 – 30 July 1967), often referred to as Alfried Krupp, was a German industrialist, a competitor in Olympic yacht races, and a member of the Krupp family, which has been prominent in German industry since the early 19th century. He was convicted after World War II of crimes against humanity for the genocidal manner in which he operated his factories (with the use of slave labor); served three years in prison, and was pardoned, but not acquitted.The family company, known formally as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was a key supplier of weapons and materiel to the Nazi regime and the Wehrmacht during World War II. In 1943, Krupp became sole proprietor of the company, following the Lex Krupp ("Krupp Law") decreed by Adolf Hitler. Krupp's wartime employment of slave labor resulted in the "Krupp Trial" of 1947–1948, following which he served three years in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach has received more than 260,918 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach is the 5,200th most popular politician (up from 6,145th in 2019), the 1,468th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,588th in 2019) and the 428th most popular German Politician.