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…TH Cy R Hitler's Carmaker from page 15 meeting: "Hitler is a strong man, well fitted to lead the German people out of their former economic distress ... He is leading them, not by force or fear, but by intelligent planning and execution of fundamentally sound principles of gov- ernment." Few could imagine the menace that Hitler would become. Yet to the car company, its longtime relationship with Hitler was always about making money — billi...…
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