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Günther Quandt (28 July 1881 – 30 December 1954) was a German industrialist who founded an industrial empire that today includes BMW and Altana, a car and chemical company, respectively. Between, 1921 and 1929 he was married to Magda Ritschel, later the wife of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
Apr 19, 2022 · The family’s patriarchs, Günther Quandt and his son Herbert Quandt, were members of the Nazi Party who subjected as many as 57,500 people to forced or slave labor in their factories,...
May 3, 2022 · Their grandfather, Günther Quandt, was close to Hitler and used labor from concentration camps in his factories. Their father, Herbert Quandt, was a member of the Nazi Party and has been...
Dec 8, 2015 · Guenther Quandt, Harald’s biological father, was not a member of Hitler’s inner circle, but the munitions produced in his factories were critical to the German war effort, and he was eventually appointed a “Wehrwirtschaftsführer,” or “Leader of the Armament Economy.”
Oct 12, 2007 · The fortune the family earned in the process enabled Günther Quandt, the head of the company for many years, to buy up an industrial empire after the war ended.
Aug 1, 2008 · Almost nine months after a German television documentary highlighted the exploitation of Nazi prisoners that helped the Quandt family make its fortune, a family member spoke up about the issue.
Apr 30, 2022 · A T THE APPEALS hearing in April 1949 of Günther Quandt, one of Nazi Germany’s top industrialists, Julius Herf, the prosecutor, read from “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ...
Jul 28, 2022 · Quandt’s father, Günther, successfully portrayed himself in post-war accounts as a reluctant collaborator with the Nazi regime, paving the way for a new era of “massive prosperity and grave ...
Nov 7, 2011 · An estimated 50,000 forced laborers, including Jews from Nazi concentration camps, worked in the factories of industrialist Guenther Quandt producing arms for the Nazis, according to a study ...
Oct 1, 2007 · The documentary detailed how Guenther Quandt, who died in 1954, owned battery factories which were kept going by press-ganged or concentration-camp labour during the Second World War.
