Fact Check: Was Davos founder Klaus Schwab's father Hitler's 'confidant'?

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Fact Check: Was Davos founder Klaus Schwab's father Hitler's 'confidant'?
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As world leaders meet in Davos, Switzerland, social media users have attempted to create a familial link between the conference's founder, Klaus Schwab, and Adolf Hitler.

Klaus Schwab's father, on the other hand, was the managing director of a subsidiary of Zurich-based engineering

The history of Eugen's relationship with Nazism in general is complex, but there is no substantive evidence of ties to high-ranking German leadership, particularly Hitler.used Denazifaction records to uncover that Eugen Schwab was a member of some National Socialist organizations, but that alone does not prove any relationship to German high command or a belief in Nazi ideology.

While the Escher Wyss branch in Ravensburg, Germany, used prisoners of war and forced laborers, it is not clear whether the company was forced to do so by the Nazis or because of a lack of workers.used in the construction of an experimental reactor for military-use plutonium, whether the Ravensburg branch did so as well is not clear.remove Nazis and Nazism from public lifeA translation of dpa's work states:"...

Crucially, there appears to be no evidence to suggest that Eugen Schwab was a confidant of Hitler, as the social media posts state.The photo shared on social media is thought to be of German general Walter Dybilasz, not WEF chief Klaus Schwab's father. While Eugen Schwab was a member of some National Socialist organizations and managed a factory that used prisoners of war, this does not demonstrate any direct ties to the Nazi regime.

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