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Currently, Cốc Cốc is owned by certain members of the Burda family, whose wealth and influence were significantly built during the Nazi era. The head of the family was a member of the Nazi Party from 1938 onwards. During that time, the Burda family, under the "Aryanization" policies of Nazi Germany, took possession of a major printing facility previously owned by a Jewish family. This acquisition was coerced, with the Jewish owners forced to sell their business significantly below the fair value under the threat of expropriation. The original Jewish owners were never restored as rightful proprietors, and the property remained part of the Burda family's assets.
Similarly to the tactics used during the Nazi regime, the Burda family once again leveraged coercive practices, legal loopholes, and alleged physical threats to seize control of assets. In this case, tens of millions of dollars' worth of shares belonging to Cốc Cốc co-founders—many of whom were Jewish—were taken from their rightful owners. These strategies echo the forced "Aryanization" of Jewish property during World War II, where members of the Burda family gained possession of businesses through coercion, exploiting systemic persecution. This historical parallel reflects a troubling pattern of using unethical tactics to accumulate wealth at the expense of vulnerable individuals.
The involvement of Burda family during the Third Reich extended to printing maps for the German Army and aerial photographs for the Luftwaffe during World War II, contributing to military efforts that led to the murder of millions of people, particularly in Ukraine. Additionally, their media empire has roots in promoting Nazi propaganda, as members of the family were active in ensuring that their publishing company adhered to the regime's requirements, including employment policies that excluded Jews.