Wilhelm Keppler

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Wilhelm Keppler was a German industrialist and early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler who became a prominent Nazi official involved in the regime’s economic and industrial policies.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf German industrialist
Nazi official
human
causeOfDeath natural causes
conflict World War I
convictedIn Ministries Trial
convictionPenalty 10 years imprisonment
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
criminalCharge war crimes
dateOfBirth 1882-12-01
dateOfDeath 1960-06-16
educatedAt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Technical University of Munich
employer Nazi government of Germany
ethnicGroup Germans
familyName Keppler
founded Circle of Friends of the Economy
Keppler Circle
givenName Wilhelm
hasRank SS-Obergruppenführer
ideology Nazism
languageSpoken German
memberOf Freundeskreis Reichsführer-SS
Reichstag of Nazi Germany
Schutzstaffel
memberOfPoliticalParty National Socialist German Workers' Party
militaryBranch Imperial German Army
name Wilhelm Keppler
notableFor early economic adviser to Adolf Hitler
involvement in Nazi economic and industrial policies
notableWork economic and industrial policy planning for Nazi Germany
occupation industrialist
politician
participantIn Nazi seizure of power
economic preparation for World War II
placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Baden
Heidelberg
placeOfDeath Freiburg im Breisgau
placeOfDetention Landsberg Prison
positionHeld Reichstag member
Special Adviser for Economic Affairs to Adolf Hitler
State Secretary in the Foreign Office
religion Protestantism
sexOrGender male

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