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Olympia-Werke AG, more commonly Olympia, was a German typewriter company that also made adding machines.
History
Olympia was founded as Union Schreibmaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. in 1903 to sell the AEG Mignon. In 1936, the name of the company was changed to Olympia Büromaschinenwerke AG. During WWII, it manufactured models such as the Olympia Robust for the Nazi military.