Summer 1940. As France falls under German occupation, its industries are transformed into engines of fascist profit. Once hailed as a national hero and pioneer of the modern automobile, Louis Renault turns his vast factories to producing vehicles for the German army. To some, he is a pragmatist p...

When the Nazis turned the Polish city of Łódź into a sealed ghetto, one man saw not tragedy, but opportunity. Hans Biebow, a German coffee merchant, transformed forced labour and human suffering into profit. Under his control, Jewish workers were starved, robbed, and enslaved to produce goods for...

Summer 1940. France lies defeated and divided — occupied in the north by German forces and ruled in the south by the Vichy regime.
As art, gold, and treasures vanish under Nazi looting, greed becomes a weapon of survival. Among those who turned war into profit was Mandel Szkolnikoff, a Jewish-bor...

When France fell in June 1940, many surrendered on the battlefield — but others surrendered for profit. Pierre Pucheu, a successful steel magnate and director of the Cartel d’Acier, saw opportunity in defeat. He had built his fortune linking French industry with the Ruhr and the Škoda works in Cz...