Twitter photos of a woman from Mexico gave VW a shit current.
Nazi pictures were part of the decoration at a Volkswagen dealer - now the company is taking action.
Mexico City / Wolfsburg
- After heavy criticism because of
photos from the Nazi era
in the rooms of a
Mexican car dealership
,
Volkswagen
has separated
from the dealer.
"The company has decided to end all business relationships," the group said on Tuesday.
“We condemn the use of the images on display at the facility.
They show a regime that relied on hatred and discrimination in a historical epoch that fortunately lies behind us. "
VW under fire: Photos from Mexico show swastika images at Mexican dealers
Last weekend, a woman
posted
a photo
on
from the premises of the VW dealership in Mexico City.
On the wall there is a picture of the
laying
of the
foundation stone of the Volkswagen main plant
in today's Wolfsburg in 1938
with Adolf Hitler and numerous swastikas
.
German car maker @VW is apparently having difficulty shaking off its Nazi past.
Last year, CEO Herbert Diess echoed Auschwitz slogan “Arbeit macht frei” at a meeting, telling executives “Ebit macht frei” - (an inapt reference to profits.)
And now this: https: //t.co/eDluSsk4Sf
- Dovid Efune (@Efune) September 8, 2020
The group decided to terminate the contract after the Simon Wiesenthal Center also demanded consequences.
"On behalf of our more than 400,000 members worldwide, we demand that you, as a German company, enforce the law to ban Nazi symbols in public," it said in a statement.
The organization deals with
coming to terms with the Holocaust
.
VW: Car manufacturer is now cracking down on dealers because of Nazi images - Wiesenthal-Zentrum welcomes step
The
Wiesenthal center
now welcomed the termination of the business relationship with the car dealer.
"We welcome the fact that Volkswagen Mexico has reacted quickly with a clear message to the world in memory of the victims of Nazi barbarism," said a statement on Tuesday.
VW Mexico
stated: “We speak out against all forms of hatred and discrimination.” Initially, the company had called on the dealer to stop using such images with immediate effect.
However,
further measures
had also been announced.
The recordings in the
car dealership in the capital's Coyoacán district
had "triggered a lot of reactions from the social media community," it said.
The group distanced itself from them - they did not fit at all with Volkswagen's corporate image.
Meanwhile, the carmaker wants to increasingly focus on its electric models.
The car summit on September 8 with Chancellor Angela Merkel is also of concern for Wolfsburg.
(
dpa
)
