“We understand the public outrage at this.”
Following the public outcry, Volkswagen’s board member for sales and marketing, Juergen Stackmann and Elke Heitmueller, head of diversity management, took to Twitter and LinkedIn to apologise.
“We understand the public outrage at this. Because we’re horrified, too. This video is an insult to all achievements of the civil rights movement. It is an insult to every decent person,”Stackmann and Heitmuller also referred to the company’s history of employing forced labor during the Nazi regime. Volkswagen was founded in 1937 by the Nazi government and used slave labor from concentration camps to build vehicles in its early years.
“We at Volkswagen are aware of the historical origins and the guilt of our company during the Nazi regime. That is precisely why we resolutely oppose all forms of hatred, slander/propaganda and discrimination.” A Volkswagen spokesman said agencies usually produce its advertising campaigns and it was investigating where the mistake happened and would make it public when it found out, Reuters reports.
Volkswagen is now the world’s biggest automaker, delivering nearly 11 million vehicles in 2019, according to CNN. The group makes cars under the VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat and Porsche brands.
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