Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong
Susanne Klatten, Germany’s richest woman, in 2008 looked back to her Nazi-sponsoring forebears and said with filial devotion: “I will never lose respect for my father. No one can judge what it was like to live back then.” Her dad was Herbert Quandt, a scion of the dynasty that managed, owned — and still owns — huge industrial interests, including a lion’s share of BMW.
In the Nazi era Herbert worked with his own father on the hugely profitable pillaging of occupied Europe. Paterfamilias Günther Quandt was among the earliest bosses to remove Jews from the boards of his companies. He bought out Jewish company owners at knockdown prices, and employed slave labor.
