Thread by @JimmyFalunGong

alright, I'm particularly proud of this one - the story is batshit insane.

these episodes mostly stand on their own, so going in order, while recommended, isn't necessary.

https://twitter.com/p2chillPodcast/status/1441772002029703176

Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Alfred's son

I think this one particularly captures his character

Krupp weapons were used in the Boxer Rebellion, causing German public outrage

then, have you ever thought about international arms dealers from prior generations? like, 1890s instead of the 1990s?

here's Sir Basil Zaharoff, the British agent for selling Vickers' weapons

the German agent for selling Krupp weapons was Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow (not the Napoleonic general), who I can't find a picture of, but yes, That von Bülow family

Fritz Krupp started donating to Anton Dohrn's research, and visiting and assisting him in Naples with his Stazione Zoologica, majorly donating to it

Fritz started vacationing on the island of Capri, partially to visit and work with Dohrn, but partially because he found Capri useful for his extracurricular interests

Fritz stayed at the Hotel Bristol (the one in Capri, not Berlin) where he'd, you know

Fritz Krupp also started showering the island with charity, like he paid for this road, still known today as the Via Krupp

things got so bad that the hotel owner had to call Kriminalkommissar Hans von Tresckow of Berlin to intervene with Fritz Krupp; he already had files and files of information on the sexual proclivities of the German people, mainly to protect the ruling class, naturally

from von Tresckow's files: "During one party on the estate of Prince Maximilian Egon zu Fürstenberg, General Count Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler, (pictured) the chief Reich military cabinet, appeared in front of the Kaiser dressed in a pink ballet skirt and rose wreath..."

"The general’s ramrod back dipped low in a swanlike bow; then he whirled away in a graceful dance as the assembled officer corps sighed passionately in admiration. Hülsen-Haeseler circled the floor, returned to the imperial presence for his farewell bow..."

"and dropped dead of a heart attack. Rigor mortis had set in before his comrades realized that it would be improper to bury him in the skirt. They had a terrible time stuffing the stiff corpse into a dress uniform. Still, everyone had to agree that he had “danced beautifully.”

homosexuality as "the German vice" lmao

just having fun with the fellas

the thing was, the hotelier snitched on Fritz to the Kriminalkommissar because these were underage boys. that's right, Fritz Krupp was a pederast

Fritz had to switch to the Hotel Quisisana, which apparently let him get away with more

here's a still from the 2009 three-part German TV miniseries, Krupp – Eine Deutsche Familie, though these are conspicuously of legal age, which was not the case

it even got very strange, blasphemous, and possibly occult. listen to the episode to hear

reporting on the event differed greatly between Italy and Germany; Germans didn't hear about the underage element, which is notable

Vorwärts, the socialist newspaper, went after him, and the Second Reich briefly considered using the whole affair as a pretext for crushing the socialists

then, Fritz Krupp conveniently died. of what? good question; the doctors didn't get their stories straight. they buried him in a closed casket, and not even his family got to see his body.

did he survive? was he murdered?

you decide. that's the PTC philosophy

lmao I didn't even mention when his wife, Baroness Margarethe von Ende, went to the Kaiser to complain about her nonce husband when the story came out; he committed her to a mental asylum for exhaustion

she was magically cured the day Fritz died, and was released that day

anyway, this one's a rollercoaster, so check it out