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Borsig ?

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In the text what is "Rheinmetall-Borsig" and how does it related to the company, how was it controlled by Hermann Goerring.?Sf5xeplus (talk) 15:37, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good question! As far as I am aware, Borsig (based in Berlin-Tegel) was still an independent company in the 1940s, making (mainly) locomotives, as it had done for years. Too tired tonight to do any research, but I think it became RM-Borsig only much later (1980s?). Maelli (talk) 21:55, 8 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Conscripted labour"

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From the paragraph: "During the Second World War, [..] Relying heavily on conscripted labour" Nice euphemism for the slave labor that took place.

Dude, the women working at factories in the US during WWII could also be called such, I doubt that anyone forced into a work camp did any work on military hardware.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.164.63.197 (talk) 09:19, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I’ll change it to forced labor or slavery per this citation if it hasn’t been already. Actually that looks like a great source for expanding the WW2 slavery content. Dogshu (talk) 19:24, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

History

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Why is there just a list of recent acquisition? isn't there some documentation of the company's long history, Nazi cooperation, etc? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NathanielJS (talkcontribs) 04:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@NathanielJS: this appears to be a good source for expanding Rheinmetall’s involvement in WW2. Dogshu (talk) 19:32, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Reads like a PR piece

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This article reads like it was written by someone in Rheinmetall's PR department, perhaps it should be flagged for neutrality concerns? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.207.147.203 (talk) 14:48, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it’s been flagged for reading like an advertisement. Dogshu (talk) 19:26, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for article expansion

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I might have missed one or two, but here's what I found on the de-wiki article that isn't sourced directly to the company (news articles about controversies): [1] [2] [3].

The company was awarded the Black Planet award by Ethecon Foundation in 2017: [4] [5] [6]. The first two links are from that foundation, the third is from NGO de:Ohne Rüstung Leben.

Reuters page, useful for picking up facts to make a basic blurb and checking for recent news (also featuring an extremely striking visual on who benefits from war): [7]

A book on workers for the company during the war: [8]. I don't know if this can be found online anywhere. -- asilvering (talk) 06:02, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Passing mention at p41:[9] and p424:[10]
More in-depth p61:[11], p550:[12] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:46, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In addition; one might have some fortune looking directly at other results from the JSTOR queries, [13] and [14]. This is direct coverage of one of the company's vehicles, and is likely to contain some useful content about the company itself (I haven't scrolled past the first page); [15] might have something interesting about the wider picture; and [16] probably has some interesting stuff as well. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:33, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Without focusing on the company itself, [17] and [18] might also probably contain interesting stuff about the periods before WW2 and more recent times, respectively. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:37, 1 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
What about including sources on what armaments they've actually produced over the years? It's an old company, there must be a lot. Maybe mentioning their various joint ventures too? 2A02:C7F:2246:5600:E94C:DB3C:1937:F519 (talk) 12:32, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you can find sources which are not the company website, yeah. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 13:13, 27 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]


I've added a first sentence to start off, in case anyone is trapped by blank-page anxiety. The linked source has a whole chapter on Rheinmetall and Japan in the 30s (and 40s?), but I've no time to read the whole thing so I just dumped that one basic sentence in to hang the footnote on. -- asilvering (talk) 02:45, 2 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rheinmetall's use of slave labor is well documented. Will probably work through NYTimes archives this weekend. NAZI VICTIMS WIN PAY WITH U.S. HELP; Arms Maker to Reimburse Jews Used as Slave Laber. Schierbecker (talk) 10:46, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Important parts of the history are missing

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The history section literally skips straight from 1933 to 1999, conveniently skipping over anything having to do with World War II and the Nazis. Scrabcrab (talk) 16:29, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]