FTR#1423 Cartels, Part 1

From For The Record - Spitfire List

May 7, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the Wallenberg family's collaboration with Nazi Germany and their corporate influence.

Introduction: The elevation of Raoul Wallenberg to the status of a saint eclipses very important information about his apparent collaboration with SS-controlled business contacts. More importantly, Wallenberg was a member of a consummately powerful family of Swedish oligarchs, whose operations actively aided Nazi Germany in a fundamental way and whose American subsidiary properties committed treason against the U.S. The article below has been taken out from behind the paywall of Mr. Emory's Patreon platform. Key Points of Discussion and Analysis Include: Discussion of the possibility of corporations as a new life form--at the other end of the scale from a virus; Review of Mussolini's concept of the "Corporate State;" Analysis of the Wallenberg family holdings; Discussion of the Wallenberg holdings as a cartel; The Wallenbergs and the SKF firm; The Wallenbergs and the Enskilda Bank; The Wallenbergs and I.G. Farben; The Wallenbergs and the Bofors firm; The Axis collaborators William L. Batt and Hugo von Rosen; The SKF ownership of the German firm of VKF; SKF's American subsidiary restricting production of ball bearings; SKF's American subsidiary skirting of American restrictions…

Topics covered

  • corporate collaboration
  • Wallenberg family
  • Nazi Germany
  • cartels
  • treason
  • corporate state

Keywords

  • Raoul Wallenberg
  • Wallenberg family
  • Nazi collaboration
  • SKF
  • corporate state
  • treason
  • I.G. Farben
  • Bofors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SKF, Enskilda Bank, I.G. Farben, Bofors, VKF, War Production Board

Places: Sweden, U.S., Germany, Latin America

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