Corporations that owe their success to the Nazis
Despite moral principles, some large corporations, widely known at the present time, had to cooperate with Hitler, and it was to the Nazis that these large firms owe their success. In business as in war, any means are good.
There is something terrible in the efficiency with which the Nazis ruled the whole country, including its population and industry, realizing their sinister plans. Everyone knows about the big three corporations that collaborated with the Nazis. Hugo Boss created the design of the frightening SS uniform (as well as the monotonous brown shirts of the SA and the Hitler Youth); Volkswagen at the behest of Hitler designed the "Beetle" and stamped it using forced labor; IBM developed punched cards used to streamline the extermination process by race and class.
However, these were not the only companies that conspired with the Nazis — other global business entities that you can still recognize today, also sold their souls to the devil in many ways — and you might be surprised to see some of the names listed below.
10. Chase bank
If you think that the collusion of Chase Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) with the Nazis is not so surprising. One of the main holders of his shares, J.D. Rockefeller, directly financed the pre-war eugenic experiments of the Nazis.
Between 1936 and 1941 for years, Chase and other US banks helped the Germans get over 20 million in dollar terms, earning over 1,2 million dollars in commissions - of which Chase put half a million into his pocket. In those days it was a lot of money. The fact that German marks aimed at financing the operation had as their source the Jews who had fled from Nazi Germany did not seem to be embarrassed by Chase - in fact, the bank corrected its affairs after Kristallnacht (the night in 1938, during which throughout Nazi Germany and Austria were targeted pogroms). Chase also froze the accounts of French Jews in occupied France before the Nazis even thought about asking for it.
9. Ford
Henry Ford was in himself a notorious anti-Semite, who published a selection of articles under the fascinating title “International Jewry. The original world problem. Ford even sponsored his own newspaper, which he used as an element of propaganda, accusing the Jews of World War I, and in 1938 he received the Order of Merit of the German Eagle, the highest distinction of Nazi Germany, which was awarded to foreign nationals.
The German administration of Ford produced a third of military trucks for the needs of the German army during the war, with the extensive involvement of prisoners. Which shocks even more - perhaps the forced labor was used in the production of Ford back in the 1940 year - when the US division of the company still retained full control over it.
8. Random house
You may not have heard of Bertelsmann AG, but you will hear about books published by many of its subsidiaries, including Random House, Bantam Books and Doubleday. While the Nazis were in power, Bertelsmann published Nazi propaganda literature, such as Sterilization and Euthanasia - a Contribution to Applied Christian Ethics. She even published the works of Willy Vespera, who gave an enthusiastic speech on burning books in 1933. In 1997, Random House was at the center of another discussion about Nazism, when it added “a person who is fanatically devoted to certain activities, practices, etc. or the desire to master them "to the definition of" Nazi "in Webster's dictionary, prompting the Anti-Defamation League to make a statement according to which the publishing house" downplays and denies the bloodthirsty intent and actions of the Nazi regime ".
7. Kodak
When you think of Kodak, idyllic family photos and captured memories immediately appear before your eyes, but what you really need to keep in mind is forced labor, which was used in the German branch of the firm during World War II. Kodak subsidiaries in neutral European countries did a lively business with the Nazis, providing them with both a market for their goods and valuable foreign currency. The Portuguese unit even transferred its profits to the unit in The Hague, which was then under Nazi occupation. Moreover, this company was engaged not only in the manufacture of cameras - it mastered the production of fuses, detonators and other military products for the Germans.
6. Coca-Cola
Fanta is an aromatic orange-flavored drink that was originally intended for the Nazis. Quite right, the import of cola ingredients, giving the brand its name, was difficult, so the head of the Coca-Cola division in Germany, Max Kait, invented a new drink that could be made from available ingredients.
In 1941, Fanta debuted in the German market. McKeith himself was not a Nazi, but his efforts to maintain the smooth operation of the Coca-Cola division throughout the war meant that the company got hold of a fair amount of profits and, with the end of the war, could return to spreading Coca Cola to American soldiers stationed in Europe.
5. Allianz
Allianz is considered the twelfth largest company in the world engaged in financial services. It is no wonder that, being based in 1890 year in Germany, she was the largest insurer in it, when the Nazis came to power. As such, she quickly turned out to be tied up with the Nazi regime. Her supervisor, Kurt Schmidt, was also Hitler's minister of economics, and the company insured the facilities and personnel of Auschwitz. Her general manager is responsible for the practice of paying insurance compensation to the Nazi state, which was destroyed as a result of Kristallnacht's night, instead of eligible beneficiaries. In addition, the company worked closely with the Nazi state in tracking the life insurance policies of German Jews sent to death camps, and during the war insured in favor of the Nazis property taken from the same Jewish population.
4. Novartis
Although Bayer is notorious for starting out as a division of the Cyclone B gas producer that was used by the Nazis in gas chambers, it is not the only pharmaceutical company with skeletons in the cabinet. As a result of the merger, the Swiss chemical companies Ciba and Sandoz formed Novartis, which became famous primarily for its medicine Ritalin (widely used psychostimulant, widely used in the USA for the treatment of childhood hyperactivity; approx. Mixednews). In 1933, the Berlin branch of Ciba ceased the authority of all members of its board of directors of Jewish nationality and replaced them with more "acceptable" Aryan cadres; in the meantime, Sandoz was engaged in a similar activity with its chairman. During the war, companies produced dyes, drugs, and chemicals for the Nazis. Novartis frankly admitted his guilt and tried to make amends for it in a way typical of other accomplice firms - by donating 15 millions of dollars to the Swiss compensation fund to the victims of Nazism.
3. Nestle
In 2000, Nestle, in connection with the use of slave labor at the time, paid to the relevant fund more than 14,5 million dollars to settle the claims of people affected by its actions and Holocaust survivors, as well as Jewish organizations. The company made a recognition that in 1947, it acquired a company that used forced labor during the war, and also stated: “There is no doubt or it can be assumed that some corporations from the Nestle group operating in the countries controlled by the national socialist (Nazi) regime, exploited servile laborers. " Nestle in 1939 in Switzerland provided financial assistance to the Nazi Party, winning as a result a lucrative contract for the supply of chocolate for the needs of the entire German army during World War II.
2 BMW
BMW confessed to using during the war 30 thousands of forced unskilled workers. These prisoners of war, bonded laborers and prisoners of concentration camps produced engines for the Luftwaffe and were thus forced to help the regime protect themselves from those who tried to save them. In wartime, BMW concentrated exclusively on the production of aircraft and motorcycles, without claiming anything else, except to be a supplier of military vehicles for the Nazis.
1. General Electric (GE)
In 1946, the US government imposed a fine on General Electric due to its unworthy behavior in wartime. Together with Krupp, a German industrial company, General Electric deliberately overstated prices for tungsten carbide, which is a vital material for the machining of metals necessary for the needs of the front. However, being fined for a total of some 36 thousand dollars, General Electric has only done about 1.5 million dollars on this fraud, thus preventing mobilization and raising the price of victory over Nazism. GE, besides, before the war broke out, I bought a stake in Siemens, which made me an accomplice in using slave labor for building the very gas chambers where many sick workers found their end.
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