From Joe Pompliano, December 29:
1) The story starts in 1924.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) December 30, 2022
German brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler started a shoe company from their mom's laundry room.
It was called the Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory.
And as the sole manufacturer of athletic shoes in Germany, the brothers were onto something big. pic.twitter.com/c8wg3k72lT
3) As the company began to grow, the relationship between the Dassler brothers deteriorated.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) December 30, 2022
In 1943, American soldiers picked up Rudolf, accusing him of being a Waffen SS member — the military branch of the Nazi Party.
Certain his brother turned him in, Rudolf was furious.
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