https://www.splicetoday.com/consume/mercedes-and-the-third-reich

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/23/books/books-of-the-times-daimler-benz-and-its-nazi-history.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshmax/2020/08/05/audi-isnt-the-first-automaker-to-slip-on-an-advertising-banana-peel/

The image only appeared for a few seconds, but that was enough to outrage a lot of people in the Cuban community and elsewhere, and led to a public apology from Mercedes. "Daimler was not condoning the life or actions of this historical figure or the political philosophy he espoused,” Daimler, Mercedes-Benz's parent company said in a statement. “We sincerely apologize to those who took offense."

outrage a lot of people in the Cuban community and elsewhere

CIA mad

  • CenkUygurCamp [none/use name]
    ·
    4 years ago

    But they used an image of Che Guevara - the Argentine revolutionary who assisted Fidel Castro's takeover of Cuba in 1959 and who ordered the executions of thousands of men, women and children - in the presentation.

    Excuse me