GRGR(5) Katje and the Nazis

[JBFRAME at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/10/99 5:52:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
improfane at flashmail.com writes:

<< Another example of this involvement of american companies in Germany´s WWII
 efforts: The backbone of the german transport system was the Opel 
Blitz-truck.
 Opel was and is the german sub-company of GM...
 In 1940 GM´s president even received the iron cross. But of course you can´t
 expect the american government to mess with a company this size...
  >>
Another excellent book on the subject of corporate amorality is Charles 
Higham's 1983 classic _Trading with the Enemy:  An Expose of the 
Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949_.  
Especially interesting is the role of General Aniline & Film (GAF), a 
subsidiary of IG Farben and their contacts with both GM & Ford.  A lot of 
Texas oil supplied the Wehrmacht as well.  Big tankers steamed out of 
Galveston bound for Rio & Lisbon, from whence it was transported to German 
refineries in occupied Europe.  Brazil eventually joined the Allies, but 
Portugal remained "neutral" under the fascist dictator Salazar.

jbf