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| | Volkswagen’s history of forced labour , by Frederic F Clairmont |
 | | Like those at the helm of IG Farben and the Deutsche Bank, its founder, Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951), came to personify the big business which placed itself at the service of the Nazi war machine, benefiting directly from the regime’s generosity and its inhuman labour legislation. |
 | | Among Ferdinand Porsche’s close friends were, besides the Führer himself, Dr Robert Ley, leader of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront), Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and Fritz Sauckel, who rejoiced in the pompous title of General Plenipotentiary for Manpower Allocation (Generalbevollmächtigter für den Arbeitseinsatz). |
 | | Hans Mommsen and Manfred Grieger’s book is not a biography of Ferdinand Porsche, but the man’s technical feats cannot be divorced from his ideology and his treatment of workers, be they slaves or free. |
| mondediplo.com /1998/01/11volkswag (2046 words) |
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