Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach
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Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach (January 24, 1938 – May 8, 1986) was a German entrepreneur and the last member of the Krupp dynasty.
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[edit] Biography
Arndt von Bohlen famously waived his inheritance in 1968 and thus was no longer the owner of the company "Fried. Krupp." Arndt used his collective inheritance of around 3 billion DM from his father Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach to create the "Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation". However, the foundation decided to honor Arndt with a yearly appanage of 2 million DM. Because he waived his inheritance, he was also not allowed to use the family name Krupp, which was reserved to the sole inheritor of the family business.
On February 14, 1969 he married Princess Henrietta von Auersperg, the daughter of Prince Alois von Auersperg and the Countess Henrietta Larisch von Möennich. Despite this, Arndt was notoriously homosexual.[citation needed] Due to generous compensation and appanage Arndt was able to live the jet-set life, flying constantly between Miami and Marrakesh. At the age of 48, he died in his castle in Salzburg of jaw cancer. He was deeply in debt.
[edit] Quotations
- "That's the last thing I needed" -- when asked if he ever thought of working
[edit] Literature
- Kammertöns, Hanns-Bruno (1998) Der letzte Krupp (in German). Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe. ISBN 3455111882
[edit] Media
- Bernard Baumgarten (Choreographe): Pseudo-Krupp, ein Tanzstück. (Premiere: 2. Oktober 2001 am Theatre d’Esch in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) www.unitcontrol.org (in German)
- Luchino Viscontis (Regie): Die Verdammten (The Damned), movie 1969, with Helmut Berger in the roll of "Martin von Essenbeck", which was inspired by Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach. The screenplay was nominated for an Oscar in 1970.
