General Motors and the Nazis : the struggle for control of Opel, Europe's biggest carmaker /
Turner, Henry Ashby.
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-196) and index.
GM's costly subsidiary sags with the slump, then soars under the swastika -- Opel and GM adapt to the Third Reich -- GM fumbles the Volkswagen, gains a truck factory, identifies foes and friends -- A Nazi grasp for Opel is fended off -- The gauleiter is thwarted, but not without consequences -- Opel is conscripted for the German war effort -- Mr. Mooney tries to stop the Second World War -- GM loses control but takes wartime profits -- Circumstances and options- responsibility and guilt.
Opel AG
Automobile industry and trade