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UNLOCKED: Premium 2 - Nazi Pizzas (German companies during WWII, Pt. 1)

UNLOCKED: Premium 2 - Nazi Pizzas (German companies during WWII, Pt. 1)

FromSpaßbremse


UNLOCKED: Premium 2 - Nazi Pizzas (German companies during WWII, Pt. 1)

FromSpaßbremse

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

While we work on putting together some great new episodes for 2022, here's a premium episode we first released on the Patreon back in November to tide you over.
On this episode, producer Isaac joins Michelle and Ted to talk about the Nazi history of some notable German companies. You can listen to parts 2 and 3 of this series by subscribing to our Patreon.
For some of our sources cited on this episode:
Bayer
From the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Victor Grossman in People's World on 22 September 2016: Bayer-Monsanto merger can't erase Nazi chemists' past 
Hugo Boss
Abridged version of the company's own history, published in 2011
From the BBC on 21 September 2011: Hugo Boss apology for Nazi past as book is published 
Dr. Oetker
From Deutsche Welle on 22 October 2013: Another German company reveals its Nazi past 
Zafar Hassan for VICE on 18 October 2013: Will you boycott Dr. Oetker now you know it has a Nazi history? 
Finally, the horrifying photo of the Dr. Oetker headquarters in Bielefeld decked out in a swastika and a portrait of Hitler himself, from Bielefelds-Westliche.de.
Music by Lee Rosevere. Art by Franziska Schneider. Follow Spaßbremse on Twitter: @spassbremse_pod.
Released:
Jan 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Michelle and Ted dissect German politics from Spargel to the Schwarze Null, and tell us why Germany isn't as seen on TV. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spassbremse