Lufthansa is fessing up. After decades of dismissals, the German airline is taking responsibility for its ties to the Nazi Party during the Second World War, after commissioning a study into the company’s own history. “Lufthansa was clearly part of the system,” said Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa’s CEO, during a press conference at Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday, revealing the company relied on forced labour to build a “clandestine air force” for the National Socialist government to commit “war crimes and criminal activities.” The study was done as part of a retrospective on Lufthansa’s history during its 100th year of operation, which...
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