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Arado Flugzeugwerke controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1944

    Concentration-camp forced labor

    The Freiberg factory used 1,012 prisoners from the Flossenbürg concentration-camp network. Most were Polish Jewish women and girls transferred from Auschwitz.

  2. 1936

    Forced sale under Nazi political pressure

    Heinrich Lübbe refused a demand that he join the Nazi Party. He was arrested and compelled to sell Arado to the German state, after which the company was reorganized under new management.