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Nazi collaborator monuments in Mexico

JL;DR SUMMARY Lev Golinkin's investigation for the Forward exposes the unsettling reality of monuments and honors dedicated to Nazi collaborators around the world, focusing on a street in Mexico named after Max Brose, a Nazi Party member whose company utilized slave labor during WWII. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustMonumentsThird ReichNazi CollaboratorsHistorical RevisionismSlave LaborMexicoMax BroseBrose FahrzeugeEthical Legacy

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Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
"The firm has been rehabilitating Broses image into that of an industrial titan who deserved to be celebrated. In 2015, Broses billionaire grandson, who is the CEO of Brose Fahzeuge, successfully lobbied to have a street named in the companys global headquarters in Coburg."

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