Some say that
World War II will never truly end. They may be more right than they thought!
On March 24, 2006,
the media quietly reported that a mid-size
Kentucky factory had indirectly become the
property of the
National Socialist Party, also known as the
Nazi political party. The
cause of the
takeover is even more frightening than the
fact that a
heavy mechanics component manufacturing plant is in
Nazi hands, 60 years after the
defeat of
Adolph Hitler.
In
legal terms, the owner of the
factory is the
New Aryan Federation,
Argentina chapter, since most laws prohibit
Nazi factions from owning anything; indeed, many countries prohibit the
formation of
organizations openly
symphathizing with the
National Socialist Party. The
New Aryan Federation is in text a "
Cultural research foundation, established to examine the
eugenical migration of
indo-european peoples and
culture", in short an organization tracking the spread of
Hitlers "
Superior Race". As such, it is a legal
institution.
The NAF has a
membership list containing several persons suspected of participating in
war-time attrocities during the late years of
WWII. Though these persons are, logically, of high age (between 89 and 101 years old), the NAF has succesfully extended its
ranks to thousands of
argentinians, as well as people in other countries under their respective
national chapters. Among these are several
lawyers and
historians, who play a vital part in the
seizure of the
Kentucky factory.
In the 30's, before the
war but during
Hitler's
rise to fame, several
legally independent organizations with strong ties to
Nazi ideology and the
National Socialist Party existed. By comparison, any of these had
ownership of far fewer
economic resources than the Party itself, but in total, their
possessions roughly matched those of the Party. More importantly,
they were not deemed responsible for the acts of Nazism during the war!. Like several
corporate entities, they were entirely unaffected by the
Nuremberg Trials and any
post-war seizures of
Nazi loot.
The NAF
lawyers have now asserted, that many
facilities,
bank accounts and the like belong to people who avoided
prosecution after
World War II. From the signs of it, the NAF has become the
legal champion of these people, and has initiated a string of
repossessions of what once belonged to these
Nazi sympathizers or their legal
heirs, many of whom were entirely unaware of their legal belongings. The
Kentucky manufacturing plant was
financed through
investors handling
monetary funds of this kind. Therefore, by
historical default, the
factory is owned by NAF
members, who in return for the
legal assistance needed to reacquire the
facility have signed over a significant portion of the
ownership to the NAF.
Considering the amont of
wealth unaccounted for by the end of
World War II, and judging by the
information available about the
ranks of the
New Aryan Federation, the legal
possessions of the NAF count into
billions of dollars, and may affect well-known
companies like
Mercedes,
Volkswagen,
Grundig and
DHL. Many in the
legal community fear that strings of
repossessions like that of the
factory have been succesfully argued without
public attention or any
media coverage. The
German government has issued several
statements to its
branches and local
offices around the
country, and it is suspected that
german ambassadors around the world are equally briefed. But, according to one
senior official, "We are unable to deny (the NAF) access to these
possessions, since they are, in fact, legally theirs". A
German judge simply commented that "for better or worse, the
Law does not consider a
plaintiff's
ideology", signalling that there are no
legal defenses against a
repossession claim by NAF members based on
political allegiance.
CNN News Report
Washington Times article
German Senior Official interview (subtitled)
The above is a deliberate story and a RumourQuest 2006 contribution