Summary
Weleda, a company known for cosmetic products, is investigating claims about its links to a Nazi concentration camp. A report alleges that the company’s cream was tested on prisoners during World War II. Weleda plans to publish the findings of this investigation in 2027.
Key Facts
- Weleda has started a study to look into claims that its products were used in Nazi concentration camp experiments.
- Historian Anne Sudrow claims Weleda got materials from a garden in the Dachau camp.
- There are allegations that a Weleda cream was tested on prisoners to see if it could prevent hypothermia.
- An SS doctor reportedly used the cream on prisoners in experiments between 1942 and 1943.
- A previous report found no evidence that the cream was tested on prisoners.
- Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp, with about 200,000 prisoners and over 40,000 deaths.
- Weleda's investigation is being conducted by the Society for Corporate History and will report its findings in 2027.
