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My knowledge of this might be shaky. I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
The good. He considered himself apolitical. He wouldn't wear a Nazi uniform, or refer to Hitler as the Fuhrer.
The bad. He was an acquaintance of Hitler, who was involved in the Volkswagon project with him. He was loyal to Germany during the war, when others fled rather than support Hitler. He designed the Panzer tank, and the company built aramaments. Slave labor was used at the factory during the war.
The impression I get is that he didn't disagree with the Nazis enough to leave Germany or his business behind, and that he didn't agree with them enough to become even as much as a right-wing idealogue as Henry Ford.
Again, I hope guys who know history better than me will chime in.
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