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2007-04-23
GM and the Nazis
As Nazi Germany’s biggest car and truck maker, General Motors eagerly became an indispensable juggernaut of Hitler’s war machine. Under the close supervision of president Alfred Sloan, and using corporate stealth to mask Detroit's control, GM's Opel joined Hitler’s program as he waged war against the Jews and against all of humanity. Despite decades of misinformation and obstruction by GM, the story is now out.
Car wars: Doing business with the Nazis
Germany's glorious militaristic destiny, according to Hitler, was dependent on a mass, four-wheeled mobilization. General Motors was eager to help put that dream into motion.
What did GM know – and when?
General Motors’ coldly calculating and elitist president Alfred P. Sloan hated FDR and admired Hitler, who happened to be a favored customer. Why did Sloan continue to embrace the Nazi regime as its true nature became apparent?
The two faces of GM
General Motors was playing both ends to the middle in the 1930s and 1940s. While GM was busy getting the Third Reich rolling, the company was hatching a lucrative criminal conspiracy to undermine electric mass transit in dozens of American cities.
A carmaker’s legacy
The concluding chapter of the General Motors saga is still being written. GM’s historian says the company never willingly contributed to the Nazi war effort. But the full story will not be known until a collection of critical in-house documents is made public” in the truest sense of the word. |