• tourist@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        Not that it makes it any better, but at least they tried hiding operation paperclip. Hopefully indicating some kind of shame.

        Volkswagen didn’t even change their name

        Barely changed the logo

        “Yeah we were the nazi car company who helped do the holocaust. That was a doozy. Anyways, wanna buy a nazi car?”

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        Zyklon-B, the pesticide used in the gas chambers, was still being manufactured, sold and used (for its intended pesticide usage) all the way up until the 2010s iirc.

        and this was still under the Zyklon name.

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          5 hours ago

          Imagine all the jobs that would be lost if we stopped using zyklon b to gas undesirables! Wrings hands.

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      6 hours ago

      If you see what was done to VW, I think it makes sense though. Not really familiar with the histories of the others in relation.

          • [object Object]@lemmy.world
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            2 hours ago

            You presumably mean that Hugo Boss ‘designed the SS uniform’ — which he didn’t, as he wasn’t a designer and the company wasn’t in fashion design until after his death. The uniform was designed by two dudes in the SS, and Hugo Boss’ company was one of many manufacturers contracted for production.

            Hugo Boss was a member of the Nazi party, though.