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DKBananaSlamma
09/21/23 10:15:02 AM
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I just found that shit out lol. BMW and Porsche also made weapons for them too.

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen
(Simple English wiki shows Hitler as the founder)

History is fascinating >_>

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R1masher
09/21/23 10:18:02 AM
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Wanta Fanta?

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hereforemnant
09/21/23 10:18:42 AM
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Welcome to 2023, we've been saying this shit for awhile.

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Smashingpmkns
09/21/23 10:18:56 AM
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Dassler

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Purple_Cheetah
09/21/23 10:19:47 AM
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Did you also know the Porsche car manufacturer also built a few tanks? Such as the Elefant/Ferdinand and the Maus, of which only 1 of the 2 remains? A 188 ton super heavy tank. Yes, 188 tons, when most tanks including modern are only in the 20-80 ton range with a few outliers like light tanks.

All are from the same guy.

Also Mitsubishi built planes for the IJN.
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ironman2009
09/21/23 10:20:25 AM
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There's a whole bunch of companies that still operate today that were making things for the nazis.

Bayer used to be I G Farben and made their drugs. Hugo Boss designed some of their kits. Porsche designed the Tiger tank.

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MistyKnight
09/21/23 10:20:52 AM
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Yes and post war were taken over by not nazis

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Crimson_Corsair
09/21/23 10:21:58 AM
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Ford made B-24 bombers.

A lot of car manufacturers were pumping out weapons during ww2.

I think Aston Martin was making planes for the British too.

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Purple_Cheetah
09/21/23 10:22:24 AM
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ironman2009 posted...
Porsche designed the Tiger tank.
Nah that was Henschel, as Porsche's design caught fire during trials in front of Hitler and was converted into the Elefant/Ferdinand instead.
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ironman2009
09/21/23 10:23:07 AM
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Purple_Cheetah posted...
Nah that was Henschel, as Porsche's design caught fire during trials in front of Hitler and was converted into the Elefant/Ferdinand instead.

Ah, I do remember something about that now.

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Bass
09/21/23 10:23:17 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/0/8/AAI-cmAAE3Fg.jpg

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MICHALECOLE
09/21/23 10:24:55 AM
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Jewish people driving German cars

its the opposite of Fubu
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DKBananaSlamma
09/21/23 10:31:00 AM
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Bass posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/0/8/AAI-cmAAE3Fg.jpg
lmao

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Southernfatman
09/21/23 10:33:52 AM
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Mercedes, but I'll take any chance to post this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-m5Nocb-g

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Kazer
09/21/23 10:37:42 AM
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https://imgur.com/gallery/uN2HICH

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Foppe
09/21/23 10:40:28 AM
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You know those tattoos that they gave the inmates of Auschwitz?
IBM numbers.

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ai123
09/21/23 10:41:25 AM
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MistyKnight posted...
Yes and post war were taken over by not nazis
Yes and no.

A lot of people who supported the Nazis during the war went on to have powerful positions in industry, finance, and government. Who did what, and to what extent, during the war was brushed under the carpet.

That's what lead to the formation of radical groups like the Red Army Faction in the 60s and 70s. The West German Boomer youth were angry that the previous generation were still holding on to power, and that denazification had not gone far enough.

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Choco
09/21/23 10:44:31 AM
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they also invented the shitty word "Kraftfahrzeug" because they felt Automobil was too French or whatever and for some reason Germans still use it

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ai123
09/21/23 10:46:53 AM
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Kazer posted...
https://imgur.com/gallery/uN2HICH
Henry Ford being a rabid anti semite and massive fan of Hitler, who was praised in Mein Kampf and given a medal by the Nazis.

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MacadamianNut3
09/21/23 10:49:42 AM
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I knew the Adidas and Puma founders were related but whatever I read about that conveniently left out the part about them being members of the Nazi party >_>

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ai123
09/21/23 10:51:35 AM
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MacadamianNut3 posted...
I knew the Adidas and Puma founders were related but whatever I read about that conveniently left out the part about them being members of the Nazi party >_>
They were brothers.

The Adidas one was less keen on the Nazis than the Puma guy. That's why they split after the war into two separate companies.

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MrMallard
09/21/23 10:52:06 AM
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Yeah, Volkswagen was their nationalised car brand. It means "people's wagon".

They also did nationalised radio which put radio technology in the hands of (non-enslaved) German citizens. They called it the Volksempfnger, or people's radio.
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Foppe
09/21/23 10:55:39 AM
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On the other hand, it is a nice little car that is easy to repair.

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DKBananaSlamma
09/21/23 11:02:24 AM
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Foppe posted...
On the other hand, it is a nice little car that is easy to repair.
Nazis may be evil genociders, but they know how to make a damn good car

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Daremo
09/21/23 11:09:26 AM
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Look into the history of Adidas and Puma sometime.

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AnsestralRecall
09/21/23 11:10:18 AM
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Volkswagen also sells their or sausage
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DKBananaSlamma
09/21/23 11:35:37 AM
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I wonder if you go in their HQ, if they have a picture of their founder somewhere lol

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wanderingshade
09/21/23 11:37:27 AM
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ai123 posted...
Henry Ford being a rabid anti semite and massive fan of Hitler, who was praised in Mein Kampf and given a medal by the Nazis.

Yeah, Henry Ford was a huge Nazi sympathizer.

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DKBananaSlamma
09/21/23 2:53:47 PM
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Next you're gonna tell me that J. Edgar Hoover is a racist homophobe

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