Amy Goodman
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The Kochs & the Nazis: Book Reveals Billionaires' Father Built Key Oil Refinery for the Third Reich
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9:31Now PlayingIn her new book, "Dark MoneyThe Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right," New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer explores how the Koch brothers and fellow rightwing billionaires have funded a political machine aimed at shaping elections and public policy. The book contains a number of revelations and new details. Mayer begins with revealing that the Kochs’ father, industrialist Fred Koch, helped build an oil refinery in Nazi Germanya project approved personally by Adolf Hitler. The refinery was critical to the Nazi war effort, fueling German warplanes. Mayer joins us to discuss.
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