Harald Quandt was a German industrialist, the son of industrialist Gunther Quandt and Magda Behrend Rietschel.
10 Facts About Harald Quandt
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Harald Quandt's parents divorced and his mother was later married to Joseph Goebbels.
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Harald Quandt was born in Charlottenburg, son of industrialist Gunther Quandt and Magdalena Behrend Rietschel who had married in 1921.
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Harald Quandt served as a lieutenant in the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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Harald Quandt took part in the Battle of Crete in 1941 and later fought in Russia and Italy, where he was injured.
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Harald Quandt was the only one of Magda's children to survive.
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Harald Quandt married Inge Bandekow, who was the daughter of the company's lawyer and worked as a secretary with her father, at the beginning of the 1950s.
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Harald Quandt was an enthusiast of the amphibious vehicle known as the Amphicar that was manufactured by IWKA.
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Harald Quandt's death was a factor in the ceasing of production of the Amphicar.
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Harald Quandt survived an aviation accident at Zurich Airport on 12 December 1965, but he was killed when another of his aircraft crashed in Cuneo, Italy, on 22 September 1967.