Arms Manufacturer Takes Over German Train Factory

“Instead of train carriages, parts for the defense industry will be manufactured here from next year,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said yesterday in Görlitz, Saxony.

That day, the Franco-German arms manufacturer knds acquired the Alstom train factory in Görlitz. Going forward, the facility will produce components for the Leopard 2 main battle tank and other military systems.

Preserving jobs: It was “very good news that industrial jobs will be preserved even though Alstom is leaving Görlitz,” Scholz said. According to Bild, around 350 of the current 700 Alstom employees will transfer to knds. Their jobs will shift from producing transport to weaponry.

Dangerous direction: At a time of economic stagnation and escalating global conflicts, the production of deadly weapons has become more profitable than civilian manufacturing.

What Scholz celebrates as a job-saving measure echoes a troubling historical parallel: In the years leading up to World War ii, German industry pivoted rapidly toward military production. Today, much of the world remains unaware—or indifferent—to Germany’s quiet transformation.

Prophesied trend: The Bible foretells that Germany’s industrial power, built up over decades, will be the engine of a militarized European superpower. This latest development is a sign of a much larger and most significant trend.

To learn more, read “Germany’s Astonishing Military Rise.”