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Henschel & Sohn

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Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1945

    Use of forced labor during the Second World War

    Henschel's wartime factories used forced labor extensively while producing tanks, aircraft, weapons, and other military equipment for Nazi Germany. The issue is a major ethical and historical aspect of the company's wartime record. Henschel's wartime factories used forced labor extensively while producing tanks, aircraft, locomotives, weapons, and other military equipment for Nazi Germany. The issue is a major ethical and historical aspect of the company's wartime record and must be considered alongside the destruction of its Kassel facilities in the final phase of the war.

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