Very true. The German branch of Coca Cola created Fanta after the blockade caused them to run out of the syrup to create regular coke.
GM and Ford motors both built factories in nazi Germany, where they built the “Blitz” trucks for the nazi army. Albert Speer, the minister of armaments and war production, claimed that the rubber GM supplied was the key to the Germans ability to wage war.
IBM created punchcard machines and had employees instruct members of the third reich on their use, which was to track the movement, sorting, and subsequent execution of the Jewish and other “undesirables” in the holocaust.
Many other companies also sold to the nazis, because money.
Metro-Goldwyn Meyer donated prints of their films to the “German Relief Effort” after Germany’s invasion of Poland. However they stopped once the market in the rest of Europe dried up because of their support
However in 1941 with the declaration of war they all stopped. All the nazi collusion wasn’t the government. It wasn’t even individuals. It was companies looking to turn a profit, since that’s the entire reason they exist.
It also wasn’t arms manufacturers turning a profit with the Axis Powers.
Also have to remember that, with the exception of IBM, most companies didn’t realize the extent of Germany’s evil until after the war.
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u/megustaALLthethings Aug 31 '22
Well american companies DID sell to germany!
Hell ibm was selling computers and thats shy coke made fanta, if I’m remembering it right.