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Like Swiss banks, American car companies deny helping the Nazi war machine or profiting from forced labor at their German subsidiaries during World War II. [9] "General Motors was far more important to the Nazi war machine than Switzerland," according to Bradford Snell. "The Nazis could have invaded Poland and Russia without Switzerland.
Nazi arms-manufacturing conglomerate with dozens of factories across German-occupied Europe using slave labour from concentration camps and ghettos on a massive scale. Heinkel [101] 1922 Warnemünde, Rostock, Schwechat: Of the more than 55,000 Heinkel employees in 1945, around 17,000 were forced laborers and prisoners of war.
The Mercedes-Benz 770, also known as the Großer Mercedes (German for "Large Mercedes"), was a ultra luxury car built by Mercedes-Benz from 1930 until 1944. The second model (W150) is best known from its use by high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany and their allies before and during World War II, including Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard Heydrich, Ion Antonescu ...
This author's book reveals the mega-rich Germans whose ancestors financed Hitler's rise to power. They still control brands like BMW, VW and Porsche.
This is a list of European automobile manufacturers by country, with articles on Wikipedia. It is a subset of the list of automobile manufacturers for manufacturers based in European countries. It includes companies that are in business as well as defunct manufacturers.
The Nazi Party's Four Year Plan introduced in 1936 placed Hermann Göring in leadership of the state's efforts to bring industry into state control. [14] Through threat and coercion Göring was able to expand the Nazi Party's control of private industry involved in steel and armament production. [15]
Many foreign vehicles were used by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. The German terms Beutepanzer (Loot Tank) and Beutefahrzeug (Loot Vehicle) were a general application for those vehicles. Whilst the majority were captured, vehicles produced by occupied countries are also included.
Adler (cars and motorcycle) AEG (German company) AG für Akkumulatoren- und Automobilbau; AGA (automobile) Alan (automobile) Alfi (car manufacturer) Alliance (1904 automobile) Allright (automobile) Altmann (1905 automobile) Amor (automobile) Anker (automobile) Ansbach (automobile) Apollo (1910 automobile) Apollo Automobil; Ardie-Ganz; Argus ...