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A little whoopsie, a little accidental Nazi collaboration (media.piefed.social)
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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 10 points 1 week ago

With one honourable exception: Leitz, who made Leica cameras. A privately held company, they hired German Jews and immediately posted them abroad as “sales representatives”, delivering them to safety. This was explicitly on the orders of the Leitz family, who also insisted on keeping the programme secret even after the war rather than claiming credit.