Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1947
Pohl trial and accountability for the SS economic system
The postwar trial of WVHA officials addressed crimes against humanity linked to the administration of concentration camps and the economic exploitation of prisoners. The tribunal highlighted several DWB subsidiaries, including DEST, Klinker-Zement, OSTI, and DAW.
1945
Forced-labor exploitation across DWB enterprises
DWB and its subsidiaries used concentration-camp inmates and other persecuted populations as forced labor. Prisoners worked in quarries, construction-material plants, camp factories, and confiscated industries under violent and lethal conditions.