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WMF controversies

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

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  1. 1944

    WMF's wartime forced-labor history

    Historical accounts describe the use of forced labor during the Second World War, including Soviet prisoners of war and more than 900 Hungarian Jewish women held in a company-associated concentration camp.

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  2. 1944

    Forced labor during the Second World War

    Historical accounts state that WMF increasingly used forced labor during the Second World War, including Soviet prisoners of war. In 1944, the company established a camp associated with the detention and forced labor of more than 900 Hungarian Jewish women. The wartime labor system is a serious part of WMF's corporate history.

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