Magirus controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1942
Forced labor and wartime collaboration
During the Second World War, the Magirus factory used forced laborers, including people from the Netherlands and the Soviet Union. In 1945 it also built and controlled a forced-labor subcamp connected with Dachau. The company supplied vehicles and equipment to the German war effort, including gas vans used in Nazi mass murder and ladders for mobile V-2 launch sites.
1939
Wartime production and forced labour
During the Second World War, Magirus supplied vehicles and equipment to the German war effort, used forced labourers from occupied territories, including the Netherlands and the Soviet Union, and operated a forced-labour subcamp associated with Dachau in 1945. Historical accounts also associate the company with the supply of gas vans used in Nazi mass murder, including at Chełmno and in occupied Soviet territories, and with ladders for mobile V-2 rocket-launch sites.