Herbert dies
The VW boss visited the former concentration camp Auschwitz last year.
DüsseldorfThe supervisory board of the VolkswagenCorporation reprimands its CEO Herbert dies because of whose controversial statement “Ebit makes free”, “The history of the VolkswagenGroup and the resulting responsibility is an important part of corporate identity. The statement of the chairman of the board Herbert Diess is in this context as inappropriate and not comprehensible to evaluate, “it says in the statement of the supervisory board, which is present the Handelsblatt.
The topmost control panel of the automaker dissociates itself from it, but at the same time the immediate apology from Diess to note. In Group circles it was said in addition that the statement would be borne by all members of the Supervisory Board.
This was the last Tuesday in an internal speech before the VW top management repeatedly the statement “Ebit makes free” used. It reminds of the expression “Arbeit macht frei”, which was used by National Socialists. The print had been affixed to the entrance gates to the National Socialist concentration camps.
The history of the Volkswagen Group is directly linked to National Socialism. The company was Founded by the Nazi regime in the late 1930s Service. During the Second World War, forced laborers were used by the thousands for their will in the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg for the production of armaments.
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Against this background, the current opinion of the VW Supervisory Board is to be evaluated. In view of the strained history of the group, the acting chairman of the board would never have been allowed to make such a statement.
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Herbert Diess had already apologized for the middle of the week. “The statement ‘Ebit releases free’ fell on an internal Volkswagen management information event in connection with the operating return of various Group brands,” wrote Diess in the careers network LinkedIn,
In the Volkswagen Group, there are brands with different levels of operating profit. Experience shows that high-return brands have greater freedom of choice within the Group. “This statement related to my statement,” said the CEO.
It was in no way his intention to put this statement in a “wrong” context. “That this possibility exists, I did not think at that moment. In fact, it was a very unfortunate choice of words and if I accidentally hurt feelings, I’m extremely sorry. I would like to apologize in any form, “it said literally in his statement.
For more than three decades, Volkswagen has demonstrated with many activities that the company is aware of its special historical responsibility in connection with the Third Reich. Diess had visited the former concentration camp Auschwitz last year.
This statement also causes outrage and excitement abroad. Especially in Anglo-Saxon countries like the United Kingdom and the United States, the excitement gets bigger day by day. The Supervisory Board is trying to counteract this mood with its statement. After the diesel scandal, the VW Group’s relationship with the US in particular is still burdened.
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