Amélie Thyssen
1877–1965
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- businessperson
Amélie Thyssen (11 September 1877 – 25 August 1965) was a German businesswoman and wife of Fritz Thyssen. During World War II she had voluntarily joined her husband at the Dachau concentration camp and later was held at Buchenwald as well. Amélie Thyssen died in 1965.
Incarceration history
- Buchenwald concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Amélie Thyssen (11 September 1877 – 25 August 1965) was a German businesswoman and wife of Fritz Thyssen. During World War II she had voluntarily joined her husband at the Dachau concentration camp and later was held at Buchenwald as well. Amélie Thyssen died in 1965. Anita Countess Zichy-Thyssen ran the Foundation until her death in 1990. The family has had a dispute over the running of the Foundation. She created on 7 July 1959 the Fritz Thyssen Foundation with Anita Gräfin Zichy-Thyssen.