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Porsche to investigate forced labor under Hitler

Porsche says it is taking the allegations seriously after a report published by a German economics journalist suggested that hundreds of people were forced to work at Porsche for little or no pay.

Porsche's head archivist confirmed that the company had commissioned an external expert to investigate the allegations.

"We need to process the subject; we are just at the start of the procedure" a Porsche spokesman said.

Read entire article at Deutsche Welle