world war II nazi supporters?

Question

ok heres the deal. im doing a project for my history class. And figured out what i want to do and it involves nazi supporters that are still huge extremely well-known companies. i know of BMW, Chanel, Mercedes-Benz, Louis Vuitton, and thats about it at the moment. Italy was in alliance with Germany so im assuming all the big italian brands such as Gucci and Fendi were supporters as well but i need to double check. If anyone knows of any other ones, i would greatly appreciate it if you could help me out. im talking about huge companies that everyone knows right off the top of there head- from cars to couture.

Answer 1

Bush & Co. sold munitions to the Nazis.

Answer 2

Italy was never a Nazi supported they only shared a suipport treaty with Germany and Japan. After the war most Nazi fled to South America. Brizal and Argentina being the companies of choice. So it would stand to reason they would set up companies in these countries

Answer 3

Please do not listen to what the previous person said...that is an extreme stereotype. Of course there were some good Nazis; in every repressive government, there are always some resisters. I do know there were numerous attempts made within the Nazi party to assassinate Hitler, one that you could look up is "Operation Valkyrie." You could also look up Oskar Schindler. Although he was not necessarily a Nazi per se, he benefited from the war, but he still was able to save Jews during the Holocaust by employing them. The movie "Schindler's List" is based on his work.

Answer 4

Don't forget the big Swiss banks.
Also be sure to define "support". Not all companies in these countries were ardent Nazi supporters. They were businessmen first, not ideologues. However, they realized that in order for them to continue in business, and not get shot themselves, they would have to play ball with these guys, because they had the guns.
There is a difference between being pragmatic and opportunistic, and being a Nazi. Maybe you could write about the immorality of both courses of action.

Answer 5

You clarify between supporters and suppliers-

The list of suppliers prior to war was considerable and expansive- and in many cases would match the lists for allied countries.

Supporters in the more interesting category- though I would exclude all the native (germany-based) ones as you would have to expect that they would have supported their own government.

Take a long look at Henry Ford, and the Ford Car Company, as well as Charles Lindbergh and the King George of England.

Answer 6

Krupp, Volkswagen, Messerschmidt, Bayer, Skoda Arms Works (Czechoslovakia), Ploesti Oil Fields (Romania), International Telephone & Telegraph (ITT), Daimler-Benz, Siemens, I.G. Farben, Zeiss Works, Dornier, Focke-Wulf, Heinkel, Junkers.

Answer 7

VW, Hiltler called the "Bug" the "People's Car".
Bayer AG (asprin) made chemicals for the death camps which was part of a larger company called IG Farben. That's one reason why I will not buy Bayer asprins.

Fiat built vehicles for the Italian army.

Look up those companies with ties to pharmaceuticals, ship building, vehicles, weapons, and optics.

Answer 8

Bechstein (pianos) were among Hitlers early financiers.
AEG built the gas chambers. Krupp (steel). Porsche (Dr. Porsche designed the first Volkswagen)
Standard Oil of America ( gave the Nazis the process for making synthetic rubber in 1940 which prolonged the war)

Answer 9

The Vichy regime, in France. Unless you are talking about modern day neo-nazis.

Answer 10

You left out all the American industrialists like the Bush's that sent money over there.