If you thought Bertelsmann was just a large, evil media conglomerate, spreading musical crap with such acts as Kenny G, think again. According to this article on Yahoo, Bertlesmann apparently sold anti-semitic books and used Jewish slave laborers during the Nazi era. As if any of us needed any more reason to hate them…..
“BERLIN (Reuters) – German media giant Bertelsmann made large profits by selling millions of anti-Semitic books during the Nazi era and used Jewish slave laborers, a commission set up by the firm said on Monday.
Bertelsmann tapped the rising Nazi tide to switch from publishing religious and school books to entertainment for the German army, selling 19 million books to soldiers in World War II, according to the Independent Historical Commission (IHC).”
