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IBM and the Holocaust

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I found an excellent book written by a Jewish expert on economic affairs and dealings of Nazi Germany during World War II. His parents were survivors of Nazi death camps. The book talks about how IBM sold technology to Hitler that would enable him to efficiently sort data and information on who was Jewish and who was not in Germany and other Nazi occupied countries. IBM sold this technology knowing what the technology was going to be used beforehand. The author of the book is Edwin Black.
 

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yeah its crazy how many corporations were involved with nazi germany...

general motors, exon, ibm, and ford... they'd all strike up agreements with nazi germany, under speculation that nazi domination would be successful.
 

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Shows how those Capitalists have no morals and would be willing to literally sell the knives to kill people with, all for some little wooden paper and funny shaped metal.

One must admit Cooperations and Capitalist Industries back then were truly heartless.
 

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The Truth-Bringer said:
Shows how those Capitalists have no morals and would be willing to literally sell the knives to kill people with, all for some little wooden paper and funny shaped metal.

One must admit Cooperations and Capitalist Industries back then were truly heartless.

Well, believe it or not, I believe in free market economics. No economic system is perfect, including socialism. Socialism is ineffcient whereas capitalism is efficient in producing wealth. You can be equal and miserable under socialism or you can have vast opportunity under captialism.
 

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Very True, But Im just saying Corruption and Indifference in Cooperations = Bad, as in that example you put up. And I agree, people can be miserable in Socialism, as in under any system
 

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The Truth-Bringer said:
Very True, But Im just saying Corruption and Indifference in Cooperations = Bad, as in that example you put up. And I agree, people can be miserable in Socialism, as in under any system

Their is corruption in socialism and their was alot of corruption in the Soviet Union. Corruption is just part of human nature.
 

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The Truth-Bringer said:
Shows how those Capitalists have no morals and would be willing to literally sell the knives to kill people with, all for some little wooden paper and funny shaped metal.

One must admit Cooperations and Capitalist Industries back then were truly heartless.

To be fair the USSR made plenty of deals with the Nazi's including the non-overt alliance, and the shipment of thousands of tons of raw materials.
 

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a lot more us companies made deals, including ford, gm, exxon, etc.
 

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As I recall, IBM provided punchcards to the Nazi regime which then used them to keep track of its Jewish citizens.

Many corporations were complicit in the Holocaust. The German firm Siemans, which today is the world's largest maker of electronic components, utilized slave labor extensively in its WWII factories.

Anyone interested in this arena of inquiry should investigate the WWII corporate empire of Herman Goring, and also the Todt Organization.


 

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Tashah said:
As I recall, IBM provided punchcards to the Nazi regime which then used them to keep track of its Jewish citizens.

Many corporations were complicit in the Holocaust. The German firm Siemans, which today is the world's largest maker of electronic components, utilized slave labor extensively in its WWII factories.

Anyone interested in this arena of inquiry should investigate the WWII corporate empire of Herman Goring, and also the Todt Organization.



What are some good books on corporate complicity in the holocaust besides the book written by Edwin Black on IBM?
 
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