Ferdinand Porsche promoting Nazism by displaying signs commemorating its native son, in 2013 the town authorities removed the signs and changed the content of a local exhibition so that it would cover not only his automotive achievements, but also his Nazi party and SS membership, and the importance of his work for the Nazi war cause. The move was criticized by the local association of Porsche car owners as silly and intent on smearing the name of Porsche. Moreover, Porsche AG hauled away cars that it had previously provided for the museum. Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January
5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking The 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" () was a Panzer division among the thirty eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. It was recruited from foreign volunteers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Belgium under the command of German officers. During the course of World War II, the division served on the Eastern Front. It surrendered in May 1945 to the American forces in Austria. After the invasion of Poland in 1939, "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler sought to expand the Waffen-SS with foreign military volunteers for the "crusade against Bolshevism". The enrollment began in