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Thyssen family

Every case in the archive that involves the Thyssen family, best-known first.

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Cases
2
Years
1951 to 2002
Countries
Spain, Argentina
Subjects
European families
Updated
30 October 2026
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Site of the Retiro and the Prado in Madrid 49 (29684554308)2002 · Sant Feliu de Guíxols, SpainBaron Thyssen-Bornemisza sued over his family's Bermuda trust and sold his collection to Spain for $350 millionHans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, grandson of August Thyssen, sued over the Bermuda family trust run by his son Georg Heinrich and sold his collection to Spain.Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza inherited the TBG business group and an Old Master collection from his father in 1947. He married five times and had four children.Forbes and 7 moreAdolf Hitler: Hitler portrait crop (cropped)(2)1951 · Martínez, near Buenos AiresFritz Thyssen paid for Hitler's rise, lost his fortune to him in 1939, survived the camps and emigrated on his book royaltiesFritz Thyssen, son of steel magnate August Thyssen, funded the Nazis, lost his German property to the regime in 1939 and was held in camps.Fritz Thyssen, son of the steel magnate August Thyssen, chaired the supervisory board of Vereinigte Stahlwerke until 1939. Postwar investigators found he had given 650,000 Reichsmarks to right-wing parties, mostly the Nazis.ifz-muenchen.de and 4 more

Thyssen and Bush: a seized bank

One fortune, step by step. Every fortune followed through time

WWISamuel P. Bush, a steel executive, coordinates weapons contracts as a federal official
1921Prescott Bush marries Dorothy Walker, daughter of banker G.H. Walker
1923Fritz Thyssen gives 100,000 gold marks through Ludendorff; he joins the Nazi party in 1933 and breaks with it in 1939
Oct 1942US seizes Union Banking Corporation, where Prescott Bush was a director and which handled Thyssen-tied assets. No document found shows he aided the Nazis
1952–1963Prescott Bush is a US senator
1976–1977George H.W. Bush directs the CIA; two Bush presidents follow