Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach (colorized) (cropped)

Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach (24 January 1938 – 8 May 1986) was a German heir of the

Krupp The Krupp family (see pronunciation), a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, is notable for its production of steel, artillery, ammunition and other armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG (Friedrich Krup ...

dynasty.

Biography

The son of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907–1967) and Anneliese (nee Bahr) Lampert (1909–1998) (married 1937 – divorced 1941); Arndt von Bohlen, Lutheran by birth and tradition, famously waived his inheritance in 1966 and thus was no longer the owner of the company

Friedrich Krupp AG The Krupp family (see pronunciation), a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, is notable for its production of steel, artillery, ammunition and other armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG (Friedrich Kr ...

. Instead, his father created the

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. However, Arndt agreed with receiving a yearly

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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.

Marriage and later life

Despite being notoriously homosexual, like his great-grandfather

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, on 14 February 1969, he married Princess Henriette von Auersperg, the daughter of Prince Alois von Auersperg (1897–1984) and Countess Henriette Marie Louise Larisch von Moennich (1902–1994). The couple had no children. Owing to generous compensation and

, Arndt was able to live the jet-set life, flying constantly between

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and

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. In 1982, he converted from Lutheran Protestantism to the

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faith. Ironically, also like his great-grandfather, he died at the age of 48 in the

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. He had been an

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for a long time and was deeply in debt at the time of his death. In his book ''

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'',

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stated that Arndt was a regular party companion in Marrakesh.

Literature

* Kammertöns, Hanns-Bruno (1998) ''Der letzte Krupp'' (in German). Hamburg: Hoffmann & Campe.

Media

*Bernard Baumgarten (choreographer): Pseudo-Krupp, ein Tanzstück. Date of premiere: October 2, 2001 at the Theatre d’Esch in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. *

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(director): Die Verdammten ('' The Damned''), movie 1969, with

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as "Martin von Essenbeck". His character is based on Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach. The screenplay was nominated for an Oscar in 1970. *Carlo Rola (director): Krupp - Eine deutsche Familie (''Krupp - A German Family''). (German miniseries)

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plays the young Arndt von Bohlen-Halbach.

External links

Literature by and about Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach
in the

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References

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