"His children remember the details of his attire. For instance, the Hermes shoes that bore his initials on the soles: FM. The same was true of his Rolls-Royce fleet; each car had a burgundyand-black combination. The family's interpretation of this signature sense of style traces back to a loss: in 1920, a group of Bolsheviks burned down Fritz's father's munitions factory."
"Mandl was an Austro-fascist closely associated with Prince Ernst Rudiger Starhemberg and Benito Mussolini. However, he kept his ideology separate from his business: his client list ranged from Republicans in the Spanish Civil War to Hitler's army. And, in the future, he would also supply Bolivia and the United Arab Emirates, among many other parties. In the United States, Mandl received double the attention."
Fritz Mandl owned 278 custom-made suits, Hermes shoes stamped FM, and a burgundy-and-black Rolls-Royce fleet that became his family's signature. His father's munitions factory was burned by Bolsheviks in 1920; Mandl rebuilt a conglomerate and became Austria's richest man, seeking to restore the family name. He was an Austro-fascist associated with Starhemberg and Mussolini but separated ideology from business. His clients ranged from Spanish Republican forces to Hitler's army, and later included Bolivia and the United Arab Emirates. In 1933 he married Hedy Lamarr, attempted to suppress Ecstasy, divorced, and attracted U.S. intelligence attention during travels in Argentina.
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