Businesses favoured by the nazi regime
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This document discusses several German companies that supported or profited from the Nazi regime during World War 2. It describes how Volkswagen, known as the "people's car", was designed to be affordable and easy to use. It also discusses how IBM maintained punch card databases that organized information for the Nazis. Hugo Boss produced uniforms for the Nazi party and military. Finally, Bayer developed heroin and the insecticide Zyklon B, which was later used in gas chambers.
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Businesses favoured by the nazi regime
- 1. Businessesfavouredbythe Nazi regimeLucas DemariaLucio Urso2nd 2011
- 3. The mostcommon car in Nazi Gremanyarround 1939 wasthe Volkswagen beattle, whichwasknown as “thepeople’s car”.
- 5. Itwasdesigned in a very simple way so thatitwouldbeeasierto drive and, iftherewereanymechanicalproblemsitwouldbeeasiertofix.
- 6. Potencial buyersweregiventheoption of participating of a savings plan. Theycouldsave5 Reichsmark a weekuntilltheyreachedtheirgoal, 990 Reichsmark, theprice of a Volkswagen.
- 7. Goebbelsspread posters showingGermanworkingclassenjoying a car and recommendedsavingmoneytobuyone.International Business Machines Corporation was born in 1911 in New York, United States.
- 8. Before the war, many American corporations kept relations with Germany. But when the war broke out, most of them cut ties with Hitler. IBM, among others, didn`t.
- 9. In those times, the only way of keeping track of enormous data bases was with an extremely complicated system involving punch cards, and IBM was the best at constructing and maintaining those. IBM's punch card databases could keep track of anything: financial ledgers, medical records, weapons distribution, Jews, etc.Hugo Bosswascreated in Metzingen, Germany in 1923 by a mancalled Hugo Boss.
- 10. Beforethewar (from 1933), Hugo Bosswastheofficialuniformprovider of theNationalSocialistParty, and lateron, in 1938, of theGermanarmy and the SS.
- 11. Duringwartime, Hugo Bossused 180 warprisionerstowork in hisfactories and keptbadworkingconditions in allit`sfactories.Bayer wasfundedonaugust 7 1863 in Barmen, Germany
- 12. Bayer developedtheverywellknowndrugcalled “Heroin”. Thedrugwaspromoted as having “heroic” properties.
- 13. Bayer alsodeveloped a gas called “Zyclon B” whichwasusedbythe Nazis tokillmillions of jews at theconcentrationcamps. Itwasoriginallydevelopedby Fritz Haber, a jew, withtheobjective of makinganinsectkiller.