The German people. They had coupon books where you could save up for a car or a vacation but used all that money to build factories to build war materiel. They never actually built a single consumer car.
Yeah. The current crop of fascists would be proud. I got the same sort of vibe when I was asked to create a “Trump account” for my kid when I was doing my taxes.
VW were also building V-1 bombs.
The machinery paid for with money scammed from people who thought they were buying VWs built V-1s.
A British officer was actually the one to get the factory to start making cars.
Say what? Who did they scam?
The German people. They had coupon books where you could save up for a car or a vacation but used all that money to build factories to build war materiel. They never actually built a single consumer car.
https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/volkswagen-chronicle-17351/1937-to-1945-founding-of-the-company-and-integration-into-the-war-economy-17354
Damn. Nazis gonna grift, I guess.
Yeah. The current crop of fascists would be proud. I got the same sort of vibe when I was asked to create a “Trump account” for my kid when I was doing my taxes.