1944

Event5

Genshagen aeroengine factory relocated

11 March 1944
The Reich Ministry of Aviation decides to relocate the Genshagen aeroengine factory to a gypsum mine near Obrigheim am...

Bertha Benz: the "first woman at the wheel" dies

Bertha Benz: the "first woman at the wheel" dies

5 May 1944
Bertha Benz, the widow of Carl Benz and automotive pioneer owing to her legendary long-distance drive of 1888, dies in...

Aerial attacks on the Genshagen plant

Aerial attacks on the Genshagen plant

6 August 1944
The Genshagen plant is the first Daimler-Benz plant to be so heavily damaged by air strikes that production can no long...

Air strikes on Daimler-Benz plants

Air strikes on Daimler-Benz plants

5 September 1944
Heavy aerial bombardment of the Untertürkheim plant causes damage valued at 30.2 million Reichsmarks and cripples produ...

Forced labor reaches highest level

December 1944
The number of foreign workers employed at Daimler-Benz AG factories, many of them forced labourers, reaches a peak of ab...