The Cumberbatchs, from which Benedict comes. BC's ancentors seem to be implicated in slave trade. This great actor is not responsible at all for what his family did in the past, though.
There's always a lot of money made in war. Make no mistake, industrialists from the U.S. played both sides during WWII as well. When there's a buck to be made people forget nationality real quick.
You forgot one important detail in chapter three about the post war era: in order to save BMW, they forced their main competitor Borgward into bankruptcy. Borgward was one of Germany’s largest car manufacturers in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. And they were the ones that invented the upper middle class premium saloon cars that made BMW famous in later years. After Borgward was gone, BMW copied many of their designs and technologies to create their own range of cars
Excellent video, and thanks for working on my suggestion (I may not have been the only one to ask for a video on the Quandts, but...). Not that they have a murky past, but how about a video on the Thomson family (richest family in Canada, and the head is Baron Thomson of Fleet)? Of course there still are the billionaire von Finck and Oetker families who were probably worse than the Quandts when it came to the Nazis and WWII.
Great video. Will not be putting me off owning one. I'm on number 5. And will not be driving anything else. Love them so much, I bought shares in the company ❤
I was born in Detroit and grew up in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford had some skeletons as well but I’ve owned many Fords in my life. I appreciate the sentiment of your post, the sins of the father and all that.
Good video. It should also be noted that BMW also supply engines to other car brands as well. As for the Quandt’s past affiliations with the nazi regime. I think 🤔 there’s lots of families who decided to join them out of fear of retaliation from their mob, rather than to be in their way. They got off lightly in comparison to the likes of Porsche though. Needless to say Günther Quandt was put on trial for his role in the war and was released. You could argue that his and his family’s actions afterwards went a long way towards rebuilding West Germany into the success it became after the war.
What was the response of BMW/Quandt family to their war war crimes and leadership in the Nazi party? Was the response judged to be proportionate? The documentary is incomplete without this information. .
This made me remember how many Russians, urged on by Putin, went to Berlin to commemorate the end of WWII which they call their victory while driving their German cars, many of the BMWs... No problem there and still no forks are given, and they love their BMWs while pretending to fight the "Nazis" in Ukraine. For example, China's communist regime throughout its history has become directly responsible for countless deaths, probably by now more than the number of victims of WWII, but instead of cancelling Chinese good, on the contrary, the world is depending on them. By no means, I'm not trying to defend WWII atrocities, however, by now it starts to seem kind of sloppy (for lack of a better word) to keep pinning all the guilt on the Germans, while we conveniently turn a blind eye on others (because, well, the Germans make it so easy).
Stop with the complete nonsense, the Chinese Communist Party pulled out of chaos and continued the rebuilding of China to what it is today. Those steps are part of what is required to restore a nation to order and remove obstacles to its development. The Chinese Communist party did not invade, enslaved, and exploit other countries, as the West did. And for the record neither did the Soviet union. This is what western apologist for Empire seem to forget when they want to point the finger at communism, the people who suffered under communism are the people who also saw the benefits. The same most certainly cannot be said for the millions of people in Africa, asia, and the americas, who were worked to death for the benefit of European empire.
Amazing to see this fortunate few and enjoying their luxuries and eccentricities, untouched by the starvation, poverty of millions of less fortunate. Interesting content but also completely irrelevant to the average person. Their Nazi past should be subject to heavy taxation but no party has the ability to do so.
