Ben & Jerry’s Bashes U.S. ‘Stolen Land;’ Ignores Parent Co.’s Nazi History
Ben & Jerry’s Ignores Unilever’s Nazi HistoryPaul Chesser, director of NLPC’s Corporate Integrity Project, pointed out that if Unilever wants to right historical wrongs, it should start with its parent company: Unilever cannot hide its collaboration with the Nazi regime in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s. Unilever invested in a large number of German businesses central to German rearmament, including shipbuilders that produced U-boats. As Unilever’s founding Chairman Paul Rykens put it, “In Germany, we are a German firm.” Unilever replaced Jewish managers and supervisory board members of it...