Harald Quandt

Harald Quandt
In a vintage manipulated image, Quandt (in Luftwaffe Fahnenjunker uniform and being elsewhere because of military duty) was added to a family photo showing his mother Magda Goebbels, the Goebbels children, and stepfather Joseph Goebbels.
Born	(1921-11-01)1 November 1921 Charlottenburg, Germany
Died	22 September 1967(1967-09-22) (aged 45) Cuneo, Italy
Cause of death	Airplane crash
Resting place	, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Nationality	German
Occupation	Industrialist
Spouse(s)	Inge Bandekow (1951–1967)
Children	5
Parent(s)	Günther Quandt (1881–1954) Magda Behrend Rietschel (1901–1945)
Relatives	Herbert Quandt (Half-brother) Johanna Quandt (wife of Herbert) Joseph Goebbels (Stepfather)

Harald Quandt (1 November 1921 – 22 September 1967) was a German industrialist, the son of industrialist Günther Quandt and Magda Behrend Rietschel. His parents divorced and his mother was later married to Joseph Goebbels. After World War II, Quandt and his older half-brother Herbert Quandt ran the industrial empire that was left to them by their father and that continues today, the family owning about 46% of Germany's luxury car manufacturer BMW.

Harald Quandt was born in Charlottenburg, the son of industrialist Günther Quandt and Magdalena Behrend Rietschel who had married in 1921. Although the couple divorced in 1929, they remained on friendly terms. Magda later married Goebbels at a property owned by Günther Quandt. Adolf Hitler was Goebbels' best man.

After his mother's remarriage, Quandt remained with his father, who became a prominent business leader in the Third Reich. Nevertheless, he paid regular visits to his mother, who had become "the First Lady of the Third Reich", and to his stepfather, who was minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda from 1933. After 1934, he returned to his mother and lived with the Goebbels family until passing his school-leaving examination in 1940. Residing with his adopted family, he raised several eyebrows by supporting the sloganeering of the Indian politician Subhash Chandra Bose. For this reason he was sent away to the front in Italy.

He served as a lieutenant in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He took part in the Battle of Crete in 1941 and later fought in Russia and Italy, where he was injured. In 1944, he was captured by Allied troops in Italy; he was released in 1947. Magda and Joseph Goebbels committed suicide after killing their six children on 1 May 1945. Harald was the only one of Magda's children to survive.