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Do you wear US shoes? 👟

You can easily replace them with the ones produced by European shoe manufacturing companies such as Adidas 🇩🇪 and Puma 🇩🇪.

But did you know that both companies are German and were founded in the same city by the Dassler brothers, Adolf and Rudolf, who were actually enemies? 💣 To the point that, when they died, they were buried on opposite sides of the same cemetery. ⚰️

Their rivalry was so big that it divided the city and created a long-lasting animosity that touched the lives of all employees and inhabitants.

Check out the full story (with lots of photos):

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-puma-and-adidas-rivalry-divided-their-founding-town-for-70-years-2018-10

And for all you French and German speakers out there who are into ARTE programmes, there's an episode of Karambolage that explains the story:

🇫🇷 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJI5nqj79Rk
🇩🇪 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzOcFG7SQwk

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