Durkopp Track Bicycle, 1940's Nickle plated steel track frame. Durkopp track grouppo. Titan stem. Durkopp was formed in 1867, producing sewing machines and expanding to bicycles in 1885. In the 1930s, they took advantage of a program in which manufacturing equipment was provided at no charge by the government for companies who produced arms. In 1941, Durkopp was honored as a "model firm of National Socialism", the highest state honor for a German company. In 1942, they began using forced labor, primarily from Ukrainian women. The company justified the working conditions as better than what they would have had under communism. Durkopp-Adler is still in business today producing industrial sewing machines.

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