| − | '''Alfred Hugenberg''' (1865 - 1951) was a [[German]] [[politician]], a steel [[executive]] and [[media]] baron. In 1891, he became one of the founders of the Pan-German League, a nationalist lobby group that played a baleful role in German politics up to the time of [[Hitler]], who’s rise to power Hugenberg materially contributed. As a businessman and former prominent member of the [[Fatherland party]], Hugenberg, in 1919, joined the [[German National People's Party]], and became leader of its right wing, and entered the [[Reichstag]] in 1920. Hugenberg was a militant nationalist and a deep believer in the [[Social Darwinism]]. | + | '''Alfred Hugenberg''' (1865 - 1951) was a [[German]] [[politician]], a steel [[executive]] and [[media]] baron. In 1891, he became one of the founders of the Pan-German League, a nationalist lobby group that played a baleful role in German politics up to the time of [[Hitler]], whose rise to power Hugenberg materially contributed to. As a businessman and former prominent member of the [[Fatherland party]], Hugenberg, in 1919, joined the [[German National People's Party]], and became leader of its right wing, and entered the [[Reichstag]] in 1920. Hugenberg was a militant nationalist and a deep believer in the [[Social Darwinism]]. |
| | <ref name="Hett 2019">{{cite book |title=The Death of Democracy |author=Benjamin Carter Hett |publisher=Cornerstone |year=2019 |chapter=1. August and November |pages=20, 58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zV2RDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> | | <ref name="Hett 2019">{{cite book |title=The Death of Democracy |author=Benjamin Carter Hett |publisher=Cornerstone |year=2019 |chapter=1. August and November |pages=20, 58 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zV2RDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> |