IKEA pledges 6 million to German prison labor compensation fund
A recent report revealed that during Germany’s communist dictatorship, flatpack furniture company IKEA made use of forced prison labor. In response to those findings, CNN reports the furniture giant has agreed to contribute 6 million euros ($6.5 million) to a government fund compensating survivors. Prison labor behind the iron curtain Between 1949 to 1990 the Soviet Union occupied East Germany under a rigid communist government known as the
