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Perhaps a bad analogy given that Volkswagen, BMW, and Daimler-Benz all made use of slave labor provided by the Nazis.

• jsiepkes 6y ago
  For completeness: So did the German factory of Ford even though they weren't required by the Nazi's to do so.
  • thedudeabides5 6y ago
    Didn't Ford build like, a lot of tanks and airplane stuff for WWII for the USA? Even if the old man was a facist, think we can all be grateful for all the machines they built to help the Allies win the war. http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/wwii-and-ford-motor-company/ http://michiganhistory.leadr.msu.edu/wwii-and-ford-motor-com... Dunno, maybe the evidence is more mixed https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/nov98/nazicars30.htm https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/nov98/n... By the end of the war, Ford had built 86,865 complete aircraft, 57,851 airplane engines, 4,291 military gliders, and thousands of engine superchargers and generators. In addition to aircraft, Ford plants built 277,896 of the versatile vehicles (tanks, armored cars, and jeeps).
    • recursivecaveat 6y ago
      It sounds like Ford's assets were essentially nationalized by the Germans during that period, which makes sense. Seems very foolish to let an American company directly control factories in Nazi Germany. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ford-motor-company-nbsp-and-the-third-reich https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ford-motor-company-nbsp...
• outworlder 6y ago
  > Volkswagen Which is literally Hitler's creation (the name means People's car) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen#1932%E2%80%931938:_People's_Car_Nazi_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen#1932%E2%80%931938:_...