The Bushes

Before the Bush family was the very picture of all-American do-gooderism, they were aiding the Nazis during World War II, according to The Guardian. George W. Bush's grandfather, Senator Prescott Bush, directed the Union Banking Corporation, whose assets were seized under the Trading with the Enemy Act in 1942. The Guardian reports that UBC represented the U.S. interests of Fritz Thyssen, a steel and coal baron who funded Adolf Hitler's campaign in the 1930s. Though Senator Bush never confessed Nazi sympathies, the Guardian investigation appeared to prove Bush was well-aware of UBC's activities with the Nazis.