Mistakes Are a Must on the Road to Success When Kamprad was a teenager, he became interested in a pro-Nazi group run by a Swedish fascist activist by the name of Per Engdahl. He not only attended group meetings but also raised funds and recruited members to the group between 1942 and 1945. It is unknown when Kamprad quit the group. (1) ______ This part of Kamprad's past remained hidden until 1994, when Engdahl's personal letters were made public after his death. "This is part of my life I bitterly regret," said Kamprad. "The Greatest Mistake of My Life," Kamprad apologized to IKEA employees of Jewish heritage and asked for their forgiveness. (2) ______ Following its publication, Kamprad aid in an interview," Now I have told all I can. Can one ever get forgiveness for such stupidity?" (3) ______ "That was the biggest blunder I've made in my entire life, and I regret it deeply," he said "I have said sorry, many times, but it has left an unremovable mark on my conscience that continually haunts me and perhaps it's best this way." Joining the Nazi group would be a mistake that he would be paying for on a personal level for the rest of his life. (4) ______ He was criticized and he was attacked in the media,but sales at IKEA continued to increase. His popularity actually rose following the incident because of the honesty with which he dealt with the after-effect. Experience has taught Kamprad that not only could the business world be forgiving of his mistakes, but that it was those very mistakes that could end up moving mountains. (5) _______ Working in Almhult, Gillis Lundgren said," Oh God, then, let's pull off the legs and put them underneath." It was with that simple statement that IKEA would reorient itself fowards the flat design production for which it has become famous today. "IKEA is not completely perfect," said Kamprad. "We are going the right way to becoming it, for sure, but we are not there yet. A. Kamprad had made a crucial mistake in sympathizing with Nazis in his teenage years. B. However, he remained friends with Engdah1 well into the 1950s. C. However, professionally, Kamprad had been left relatively unharmed. D. Indeed, the success of IKEA can be traced back to a simple mistake in 1956. E. Kamprad was arrested soon after the war was ended. F. He also devoted two chapters to the incident in his 1998 book, "The History of IKEA."