Alfred Hugenberg
German politician
Died when: 85 years 266 days (1028 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg (19 June 1865 – 12 March 1951) was an influential German businessman and politician.An important figure in nationalist politics in Germany for the first few decades of the twentieth century, Hugenberg became the country's leading media proprietor during the interwar period.
As leader of the German National People's Party he was instrumental in helping Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany and served in his first cabinet in 1933, hoping to control Hitler and use him as his "tool." Those plans backfired, and by the end of 1933 Hugenberg had been pushed to the sidelines.
Although Hugenberg continued to serve as a "guest" member of the Reichstag until 1945, he wielded no political influence.
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