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Cross Fanta off the list. I think Fanta was created by Coca-Cola Germany due to the Nazi's cutting off supplies to make Coke in Europe - so Coca-Cola GMbH made Fanta from the leftovers of leftovers, and they refused to join the Nazi party throughout.

Hugo Boss designed the SS uniforms, and I think Aldi, Adidas and Puma have Nazi links. Will have to check though.

Ok, right. I was going to put Ford also, but I'm not sure if it was just Henry Ford being a Nazi Party donor/admirer rather than any work the company did for them.

I wasn't aware of the Dassler's Nazi links. I know they come from southern Germany and had a link of some sort with Bayern Munich...but IIRC (from the book on german footy: 'TOR'), Bayern had Jewish directors in the early Nazi era (and a bit of a rep for being rebellious toward the Nazis...unlike other clubs who bent the knee to them).
 

Why Siemens though ??? Did they make the Nazi's mobile phones ?
Cuz Siemens started existing 20 years ago...

They were/are/probably will be the biggest engineering and electronics company in Europe, and amongst the biggest in the world. They were exposed as being Nazi, but I doubt that even if they didn't they wouldn't end up doing the same things. Would you like your huge company to be on the wrong side of Hitler ffs?
I just assumed it had anyway?
Also this, because of what I said above.
 

When you consider it it's mad really: Bayer are a company spin off from IG Farben that produced the gas that was used in the Holocaust, and a team is named after them and sporting their name on their jerseys. Puts the Wonga furore into perspective a bit.
 
I'm pretty sure you can add Bosch to that list. I used to live in a German city that Bosch was running supplies in and out of for the war machine but the Allied forces didn't know and it was never targeted.
 

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