Volkswagen became the first German company to make payments to those who worked as slave laborers during World War II. The company made one-time payments of just over $6,000 to 17 Poles and 31 Dutch nationals. An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 slave laborers worked for the firm during the war, including about 1,500 Jewish prisoners.
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