• @[email protected]
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    331 year ago

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

    • Flying SquidM
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      231 year ago

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

      • @evergreen
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        61 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
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        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.

        • Flying SquidM
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          21 year ago

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

      • @Schmuppes
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        31 year ago

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