[C210N]

Just noting, as its been in my summer reading...

In the mid 1930’s thru 1940’s, Ford provided trucks and cars to the german military - Henry Ford was given the Grand Cross of the German Eagle in 1938, Dupont was instrumental to provide synthetic rubber, GM produced the “Blitz Truck” and IBM provided the Hollerith Card tech to organize and manage the taking of Jewish property. The BIS, with American leadership, moved around German gold stocks, especially noteworthy of countries gold as they were taken over (France, Belgium...). The BIS held gold confiscated from Jews, in its various forms.

Has anything changed with Nazi’s?

[marktwain]

In the mid 1930’s thru 1940’s, Ford provided trucks and cars to the german military - Henry Ford was given the Grand Cross of the German Eagle in 1938, Dupont was instrumental to provide synthetic rubber, GM produced the “Blitz Truck” and IBM provided the Hollerith Card tech to organize and manage the taking of Jewish property.

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Why is this considered wrong? Are businessmen supposed to be able to foretell the future? Companies sold product which worked as it was supposed to work. It sounds ethical to me.

Ford sold whole truck manufacturing plants to the Soviet Union. Stalin killed a lot more innocents than Hitler did. Both were very effective mass murderers.

[PAR35]

In the mid 1930’s thru 1940’s, Ford provided trucks and cars to the german military

Dig even deeper. While the Americans bombed the German owned truck factories, they avoided bombing the Ford plant in Cologne. It continued to churn out trucks for the German armed forces (at a slowing rate due to supply chain issues) until it was overrun by American troops.

The plant did suffer some minor bomb damage from planes that missed their targets. It resumed production of trucks in May, 1945. The British didn't allow automobile production until 1948.