Alfred Hugenberg

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Alfred Hugenberg was a German nationalist media magnate and conservative politician who played a key role in the late Weimar Republic and helped facilitate Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

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Alfred Hugenberg canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German politician
businessperson
conservative politician
human
media proprietor
nationalist
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1865-06-19
dateOfDeath 1951-03-12
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Göttingen
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
employer Krupp (company)
surface form: Krupp

Scherl publishing house
familyName Hugenberg-Konzern
surface form: Hugenberg
fieldOfStudy economics
law
givenName Alfred
memberOfPoliticalParty German National People’s Party
surface form: German National People's Party
movement Pan-German League
name Alfred Hugenberg self-link
notableFor control of a large part of the German press in the Weimar Republic
role in the downfall of the Weimar Republic
support for Adolf Hitler’s rise to power
use of media to promote nationalist and conservative politics
notableWork creation of the Hugenberg press empire
occupation business executive
journalist
politician
publisher
opposed Treaty of Versailles
owned Hugenberg-Konzern
Scherl publishing house
UFA film studios
surface form: UFA film company
participatedIn Cabinet of Adolf Hitler
surface form: Cabinet of Adolf Hitler (1933)

Weimar Republic politics
placeOfBirth Hanover
surface form: Hannover

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Kingdom of Hanover
placeOfDeath Kükenbruch
North Rhine-Westphalia
West Germany
politicalAlignment German nationalism
conservatism
positionHeld Chairman of the German National People's Party
Reich Minister of Economics
Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture
member of the Reichstag
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
sexOrGender male

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Young Plan opposedBy Alfred Hugenberg
Alfred Hugenberg name Alfred Hugenberg self-link
German Fatherland Party foundedBy Alfred Hugenberg
German Fatherland Party notableMember Alfred Hugenberg
DNVP leader Alfred Hugenberg
DNVP notableMember Alfred Hugenberg
UFA acquiredBy Alfred Hugenberg