It is a fact that both Ford and GM had major subsidiaries in Germany before the war, and that the Ford and GM plants contributed to the Nazi war effort. Both companies broke off from their German subsidiaries when the US entered the war, although it has been argued that Ford didn't make as clean of a break as did GM. (This is consistent with the way the two companies were and are run: Ford has a much more centralized management structure, while GM at the time was run as a conglomerate of separate companies.)
The link before has a pretty good overview of the history of Ford and GM's German subsidiaries before and during the war.
As for Ford accepting bailout money, it is well-known that Ford declined to participate in the bailout. At the time of the 2008 financial crisis, Ford was in much better shape than Chrysler or GM. Ford had mortgaged most of its real estate assets a few years earlier to raise capital and had plenty of cash on hand to get through the crisis.
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