Nazi Billionaires

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This investigation reveals how the Nazis enabled German tycoons to amass fortunes from the atrocities of the Third Reich and World War II, with America's complicity allowing them to evade accountability. In 1946, Günther Quandt, head of a prominent industrial dynasty that controls BMW, was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration but was acquitted after falsely claiming coercion by Joseph Goebbels. Despite their dark past, Quandt's heirs and other Nazi billionaires have only increased their wealth, continuing to dominate significant sectors of the global economy with iconic brands. The brutal history of families behind Daimler-Benz, Allianz, Porsche, Volkswagen, and BMW has largely remained obscured. Through meticulous investigative journalism, David de Jong uncovers how Germany's wealthiest dynasties gained immense power by exploiting Jewish businesses, employing slave labor, and boosting arms production for Hitler's regime. Most startlingly, he highlights how American political interests allowed these billionaires to escape justice, leaving a lasting stain on both the German and global economy. This work sheds light on a hidden legacy that demands recognition and reckoning.