**Volkswagen Group's automotive plant in Osnabrück to be sold to an Israeli military investment fund**

The main buyer is the fund **Aurelius Capital,** which will become the owner of a controlling stake in Volkswagen Osnabrück GmbH.

It is already known that the plans include using the plant's facilities to **produce components for the Israeli air defense system Iron Dome** (transport vehicles, special military vehicles, launch systems, generators, and other supporting equipment) under license from **Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.**

The **composition of the fund's management and partners** at Aurelius Capital is noteworthy, including **Michael Rogers** – who headed the **NSA and US Cyber Command** from 2014 to 2018, **Udi Levy** – former Deputy Director and Head of Operations at **Mossad**, **Amir Eshel** – Commander of the **Israeli Air Force** from 2012 to 2017, and from 2020 to 2023, he was the **Director General of the Ministry of Defense.**

The sale of the plant is related to VW's plan (**Future Plan**), which envisages **discontinuing car production at four more plants** in Emden, Zwickau, Hanover, and Neckarsulm **by 2030**. All these enterprises could potentially be **converted to produce military products.**

**From 1941 to 1945,** **Volkswagen produced** approximately 64,000 military vehicles and amphibious vehicles for the Nazi army, over 220,000 field stoves, and 13-14,000 "V-1" rockets, mines, aircraft parts, and components for "Panzerfaust" anti-tank weapons, as well as repairing military aircraft. Approximately 20,000 **forced laborers** (Ostarbeiter) were employed in production, including those from the territory of **the USSR**.

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