Ikea founder has a NAZI past

[DMac]

Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's Nazi ties 'went deeper' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14661582)

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The founder of the Ikea furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, is facing further questions about his Nazi past following claims in a new book.

Author Elisabeth Asbrink says Mr Kamprad was an active recruiter for a Swedish Nazi group, and stayed close to sympathisers well after World War II.

The details go beyond what Mr Kamprad has previously admitted...

[JohnQPublic]

Target Scandanavia (TM) continues....

[steyr_m]

I'll be buying more Ikea furniture now.

[Neuro]

This came up first about 15-20 years ago when IKEA was about to open a warehouse in Israel.

Interesting thing about IKEA and Mr Kamprad is that 3% of the turnover of Ikea goes into an account controlled by Kamprad in Lichtenstein (a tax free haven in Europe, wich still maintains bank secrecy). It has been estimated that this account has around $16 Billions. This was revealed 6 months ago. No one has a clue to what Mr Kamprad wants to use this money for. Ingvar Kamprad is famous for his frugal lifestyle, where he always flies economy class, for instance, I think it is just a smart business move though. None of the personel in IKEA dares to fly anything but economy class when they flh around the world, you simply don't have a culture of executive luxury at IKEA.

[Uncle Salty]

I'll be buying more Ikea furniture now.

I thought the same thing.

[gunDriller]

Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's Nazi ties 'went deeper' (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14661582)

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is that bad ?

i don't buy the idea of Nazi's as an example of "ultimate evil".

[Serpo]

847One of there new door locks..................

[Glass]

is that bad ?

i don't buy the idea of Nazi's as an example of "ultimate evil".

I think it depends on who is telling the tale. Who wrote this book again?