After the Nazis lost World War 2, the Allies freely expropriated and reproduced
German technology while Germany was left in the ashes. Stolen German technology
included 'synthetic rubber, synthetic lubrication oils, for synthetic fiber-and textile
production, diesel motors, optical inventions, heavy printing presses, wind channels,
in which speeds of up to 8.000 km/hr were achieved, infrared target instruments,
cassette players, electric condensation machinery, durable fruit juices, machines for
wrapping chocolates, sugar made from wood, synthetic sapphires for watches,
synthetic glimmer, non-running durable stocking stockings for ladies, machines for
the production of butter, which produced 1,500 pounds of butter per hour, quartz
watches, cellulose products, a multitude of pharmaceutical products, insecticides,
cyanides for rust protection and as a substitute for zinc chrome, artificial leather,
plastics, colour photography, sewing needles, an innumerable profusion of of
precision instruments, protective remedies for frost and thousands of other
inventions in the area of chemistry, physics, technology and electronics, in which the
Germans were streaks ahead of other nations, that is, five, ten or more years
advanced in development.' (Nordbruch)