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Sociedad Hispano-Marroquí de Transportes

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Carranza y Berndhart, S.L.
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryTransport, arms delivery
FoundedJuly 31, 1936; 90 years ago (1936-07-31) in Tétouan, Spanish protectorate of Morocco
FounderJohannes Franz Bernhardt
Headquarters
Tétouan
,
Spanish protectorate of Morocco
Area served
Spain (National faction)
OwnerNazi Party (through Johannes Franz Bernhardt)

Carranza y Berndhart, S.L., operating under the name Sociedad Hispano-Marroquí de Transportes (HISMA) ("Spanish-Moroccan Transport Company"), was a joint Spanish-German enterprise created by the Nazi Party through the German entrepreneur Johannes Franz Bernhardt with the purpose of delivering weapons to the National faction during the Spanish Civil War.

The company was established on 31 July 1936 in Tétouan, the administrative center of the Spanish protectorate of Morocco, starting with a capital investment of 200,000 pesetas.

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