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Fritz Thyssen “I Paid Hitler” 1st English ed., illustr., 1941, London, NY - Fritz Thyssen “I Paid Hitler” 1st English ed., illustr., 1941, London, NY Translated from the original by Cesar Saerchinger. London - New York: Hodder & Stoughton Published in Association with Cooperation Publishing Co., Inc., 1941 First edition, 313 pp. Frontispiece - photo portrait of the author with facsimile signature, plus 3 further plates. Appendix. Orig. cloth hard cover, size: 19 x 13 cm. Condition: wear, rubbing, staining to cover; corners bumped; spine discolored, tears to hinges of spine; foxing stains to some pages of first part of the book, minor stains further Weight: 370 gr. Friedrich ”Fritz” Thyssen (9 November 1873 – 8 February 1951) was a German businessman, born into one of Germany's leading industrial families. He was an early supporter of the Nazi Party but later broke with it.