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The Flick family is a German family with an industrial empire that formerly embraced holdings in companies involved in coal, steel and a minority holding in Daimler AG. Friedrich Flick (1883–1972) was the founder of the dynasty, establishing a major industrial conglomerate during the Weimar Republic; he was found guilty at the Flick Trial, which formed part of the Nuremberg Trials. During the Second World War Flick's industrial enterprises used 48,000 forced labourers from Germany's concentration camps. Friedrich Christian Flick, known as Mick Flick, is an art collector and grandson of Friedrich Flick. HistoryFriedrich Flick was the son of a wealthy farmer, who also owned some stock in a mining company in Ernsdorf. His rise began as a member of the board of directors of the Charlottenhütte mining company, and he eventually became a co-owner. He became the company's Director-General in 1919. During the Weimar Republic, he built an enormous industrial conglomerate. War crimesWhile originally a member of the liberal German People's Party, Flick also supported the Nazi Party financially from 1933, and over the next ten years donated over seven million marks to the party.[1] During the Second World War Flick's industrial enterprises used 48,000 forced labourers from Germany's concentration camps. It is estimated that 80 per cent of these workers died as a result of the way they were treated during the war. Flick was found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg in 1947 and was sentenced to seven years in prison, but was pardoned shortly after and resumed control over his industrial conglomerate, becoming the richest person in West Germany. ControversiesThe 1983 Flick Affair revealed that German politicians had been bribed to allow the Flick family to reduce its tax liabilities, and after becoming an Austrian citizen to further reduce his tax obligations, in 1985 Friedrich Karl Flick sold most of his industrial holdings to Deutsche Bank for $2.5 billion (£1.4 billion), retiring until his 2006 death. On Thursday November 20, 2008, it was reported that his body was stolen from a cemetery in Velden am Wörtersee, Austria. Charitable donationsA German high school in Friedrich Flick's hometown was called the "Friedrich-Flick-Gymnasium" until September 2008. The contribution from Flick had made it possible to build this school in 1969. The Donatella Flick Conducting Competition is named for Princess Donatella Missikoff Flick, the wife of Gert Rudolph Flick. Notable members
Children of Friedrich Flick
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References and notes1. ^{{cite news|last1=Stallbaumer|first1=L. M.|title=Frederick Flick's Opportunism and Expediency|url=http://archive.adl.org/braun/dim_13_2_flick.html#.Vpy2RZqLTs0|accessdate=18 January 2016|work=Dimensions: A Journal of Holocaust Studies|issue=Vol 13 No 12|ref=Stallbaumer}} 2. ^1 2 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstliche Hauser Band XIX. C.A. Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn. 2011. pp.113, 368-369. German. {{ISBN|978-3-7980-0849-6}}. 3. ^{{cite news|title=Ex-wife of Mercedes Benz heir 'told her Polish housekeeper she must not get pregnant unless she informed her first'|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2384932/Mercedes-Benz-heirs-ex-Countess-Maya-Von-Schoenburg-told-housekeeper-pregnant.html|newspaper=Daily Mail | location=London|first=Inderdeep|last=Bains|date=August 5, 2013}} Further reading
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