One has heard for years the stories of how American corporations collaborated with the Nazis throughout WWII and how American interests ($$) in the Krupp factories in the south of Germany led to them not being bombed during the entire war. Incroyable.
Well, I was reading the Grumpy Old Man's site this evening and saw a reference to where the Bush family fortune had come from. Apparently Prescott Bush, Herr Bush's granddaddy, collaborated with the Nazis during their rise to power (and into the first years of the war).
It's amazing how many of the wealthy and powerful in this country seemed to sympathize with the Nazis between the wars. I believe the Kennedys were implicated as well (as were the Lindbergs).
Shocking, simply shocking.
Posted by artandscience at May 6, 2005 07:26 PM