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[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago

Yikes, I also looked into the background of Ferdinand Porsche, and man, he was a real Nazi summabitch.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Hitler was directly behind the development of the VW Beetle with Porsche doing the engineering work.

[-] evergreen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Porsche also stole many of the innovative design elements of their cars from a Czech auto manufacturer called Tatra, after the Nazis took over the factory.

[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hitler was not "directly behind" the development. You make it sound like he was the lead designer, accountant and test driver. He said "I want you to develop a car that will seat four, reach 110 km/h and cost a maximum of 1000 Reichsmark" because he wanted to make car manufacturing a significant industrial branch. The reality is that it was pretty much an empty promise. People invested in shares of VW so they could eventually get a Käfer, but very few were actually built during the war.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I literally said Porsche did the engineering. How would that make Hitler the lead designer?

[-] zer0@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago
[-] Schmuppes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Everybody employed nazis after the war, including NASA. To an extent, the winners of the war silently agreed to let that slide.

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