Organization

Ford-Werke

German subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, based in Cologne.

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Who holds Ford-Werke

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Ford Motor Company 81%, as of 1939 Self-published 1
Ford’s own report.
Ford Motor Company 52%, as of Dec 1941 Scholarship & press 2
The Washington Post’s figure for December 1941. The figures differ by source and date.
Ford Motor Company 56.575%, as of 1965 Self-published 1
The share Ford used in its 1965 U.S. war-damage claim, per its own report.

Ford-Werke under Nazi rule, 1938–1945 declared enemy property by the Nazi government on 15 May 1942 Self-published 1
Ford-Werke under Nazi rule, 1938–1945 used prisoner-of-war labor from September 1940 and Buchenwald labor from August 1944 Self-published 1

Proof 3 sources

Research Findings About Ford-Werke Under the Nazi Regime, Ford Motor Company (report prepared by Ford Motor Company Archives, December 2001), Dec 2001. Self-published
In 1939, Ford Motor Company owned a total of 81 percent of Ford-Werke
the claim reduced in keeping with Ford’s 56.575 percent ownership of Ford-Werke
On May 15, 1942, the Nazi government, through a court order, declared Ford-Werke enemy property, appointed a custodian and replaced the board of directors with a board of advisors.
The first contingent of POWs – between 100 and 200 men, possibly French – arrived at Ford-Werke in September 1940.
In August 1944, shortly after concentration camp labor was made available to the automotive industry, 50 men from Buchenwald arrived at Ford-Werke.
U.S. Dealings With Nazi Germany -- Did Ford, GM Boost Nazi War Effort?, The Washington Post, by Michael Dobbs, as reprinted by The Seattle Times, 30 Nov 1998. Scholarship & press
By the time of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the American stake in German Ford had declined to 52 percent
The Nazi Party: Ford Motors Report on German Subsidiary in World War II (December 6, 2001), Jewish Virtual Library (summarising Ford Motor Company and JTA reports), 6 Dec 2001. Scholarship & press
Although Ford maintained ownership of the subsidiary in Cologne throughout the war

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