Every company that has ever been involved with fascism, slavery, or exploitation of labor should have open statements like this on their website
But I'm impressed that BMW is this blunt about it — and has actual pictures of Dachau
https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/company/history/BMW-during-the-era-of-national-socialism.html
The history of Zyklon B is horrific.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Farben
https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10001/bath-riots
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bath-riots
https://www.npr.org/2006/01/28/5176177/the-bath-riots-indignity-along-the-mexican-border
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917_Bath_riots
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/03/fritz-haber-fertiliser-ammonia-centenary
https://www.jta.org/jewniverse/2017/this-german-jewish-scientist-led-the-way-to-zyklon-b
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-house-zyklon-b-180965184/
https://www.france24.com/en/20190328-five-things-know-about-bayer-monsanto
https://engines.egr.uh.edu/episode/2287
Attached: 1 image The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben, by Joseph Borkin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34800.The_Crime_and_Punishment_of_I_G_Farben
Attached: 1 image IBM and the Holocaust, by Edwin Black https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48838.IBM_and_the_Holocaust
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Yeah I.B.M. could have an exhibit to show all the progress they've made over the last century.
1930s: Supplied punch cards to help the Nazis categorize citizens, identify Jews and other minorities, and catalog they're internment in concentration camps
Now: Develops and maintains Israel's computerized national population registry which includes addresses and information on Palestinian residents in Gaza, the West Bank, and other occupied territories.
1930s: Manufactured guns for the Nazis
Now: Provides I.T. services to Israel's military regional logistics centers and collaborates on R&D work with the Israeli military
@saraislet It's important to remember that such transparency about their role in WW2 is often something that was mandated at the end of WW2 for the company to be able to continue to exist.
Do not assume that german companies' openness is from actual guilt rather than existential necessity.
Attached: 1 image Blowback, by Christopher Simpson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440627.Blowback
It gets worse, as the rest of the thread illustrates all too well.
Attached: 1 image The Art of War, by Sun Tzu https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10534.The_Art_of_War
@saraislet The VW website is very bad in this respect. Here is a quote from the VW corporate history page, translated by me:
[1/2] The search for viable solutions for small cars was on during the 1930s. But the public awareness of cheap People's Cars (lit. Volkswagen) didn't lower the high lifetime costs yet, which prevented mass proliferation of cars.
(I edited this and deleted some replies because I messed up the threading)
Automobile stellten zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts unter den Fortbewegungsmitteln noch die große Ausnahme dar. Kaum 16.000 Automobile gab es 1910 im Deutschen Reich. Den einen diente es als abenteuerliches Sportgerät, anderen zu Repräsentationszwecken. Autos blieben den Schönen und Reichen vorbehalten: Kaiser Wilhelm II. nutzte ebenso wie Stahlmagnaten und Bankiers handgefertigte Automobile von Benz, Daimler oder Glaser. Eine Vielzahl von Automobilmarken belieferte einen sehr überschaubaren Luxusmarkt.
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