Willy Heidinger / 海丁格尔

Willy Heidinger / 海丁格尔 appears in 133. IBM与纳粹：为什么普通人不应赞美鸡贼主义 as the German business figure behind 德霍梅格. The episode says he obtained the German Hollerith-machine rights, later lost effective control to Thomas J. Watson, and became both a local partner and a recurring source of conflict for IBM.

In the source’s account, Heidinger’s role matters because local enthusiasm and local ownership appearance helped the business fit Nazi Germany’s demands. He is presented as more ideologically aligned with the Third Reich than Watson, but the episode’s sharper claim is structural: IBM could use him and Dehomag to maintain a German face while protecting global corporate control.

Connections

• 德霍梅格 - company associated with Heidinger.
• IBM and Thomas J. Watson / 托马斯·沃森 - controlling corporate relationship.
• Punched Card Administration / 打孔卡行政 - business and technical system Dehomag sold.
• Corporate Complicity With Authoritarianism / 企业对威权的共谋 - moral-risk concept his role helps illustrate.