When 'Nazi Billionaires' author davidthejong first began his research into the histories of uber-rich German business owners, he had no idea their crimes would be as blatant, and horrible, as they were
One family that de Jong says has a horrible antisemitic history is the family of Herbert Werner Quandt, which owns almost half of the luxury car brand BMW.
“He had the responsibility for a factory in Berlin where, among other people, 500 female slave laborers from concentration camps were held. He acquired companies overseas from Jews in France. He used forced laborers and prisoners of war in his private estate during the war. But now you have the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, whose motto is ‘Inspire Responsible Leadership.’”
Molly wonders if these families have any guilt for the crimes that happened on their ancestors’ watches. Yes and no, says de Jong. The guilt is there when they’re confronted with it, but he says they brush it off as something that many affluent German families have in their histories. “These people are heirs, right? Right. In my opinion, for the most part, this reckoning is not sincere,” he says. “They’re billion-dollar brands and fortunes on the line.”He and Molly dissect that and more in this episode.
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