Overview
- CEO Carsten Spohr said the airline was "clearly part of the system," marking a break from decades of emphasizing a legal separation from its pre‑war predecessor.
- The new academic study by historians Hartmut Berghoff, Manfred Grieger, and Jörg Lesczenski will be released as a book in the coming weeks and showcased in a visitor‑center exhibition.
- Researchers report that more than 10,000 people—cited in some findings as over 12,000, including children—were forced to work in production, repair, and maintenance for the wartime company.
- Historical evidence details a shift into the Nazi war economy, with Lufthansa supporting the Luftwaffe, operating a radar plant at Tempelhof, handling front‑line repairs, and deriving about two‑thirds of revenue from armaments by 1944.
- Lufthansa will distribute the history book to over 100,000 employees as it reframes its narrative, while separately pursuing previously announced plans to cut around 4,000 jobs by 2030 through consolidation and digitalization.