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Blacks meticulous documentation constructs an undeniable fact. Feb 14, 2001 ibm and its employees around the world find the atrocities committed by the nazi regime abhorrent and categorically condemn any actions which aided their unspeakable acts. Ibm and the holocaust is the awardwinning, new york times bestselling shockera million copies in printdetailing ibm s conscious coplanning and coorganizing of the holocaust for the nazis, all micromanaged by its president thomas j watson from new york and paris. They alleged that ibm assisted the nazis in holocaust killings during world war ii by providing the nazis with punch card machines and computer technology that resulted in the coding, tracking and killing of gypsies. As the third reich embarked upon its plan of conquest and genocide, ibm and its subsidiaries helped create enabling technologies, stepbystep, from. It is also a timely reminder of the potential harm that can come from collusion between big government and big industry, and from the profit motive unmoored from humanity. The bizarre billionaire that backed bannon and made trump president a trnn documentary duration. Download embed scott talks with edwin black, author of a new book, ibm and the holocaust.
Mar 05, 2012 ibm and the holocaust is a very, very big storybut its impact hits hardest in very, very small spaces. This video gives an extreme example of big corporations collaborating with fascist regimes. Edwin black, ibm, and the holocaust michael thad allen technology and culture, volume 43, number 1, january 2002, pp. Ibm and the holocaust is the stunning story of ibms strategic alliance with nazi germany beginning in 1933 in the first weeks that hitler came to power and continuing well into world war ii. In 1941, one of ibms most profitable customers was the german government. The strategic alliance between nazi germany and americas most powerful corporation is a book by investigative journalist edwin black which details the business dealings of the americanbased multinational corporation international business machines ibm and its german and other european subsidiaries with the government of adolf hitler during the 1930s and the years of. The lawsuit alleges that ibm aided the nazis during world war ii. International business machines corporation, statistical services, jews, data processing, holocaust, jewish 19391945, history, deutsche hollerith maschinen gesellschaft m. Ibm developer learn, code and connect with your community redbooks access tech enablement tools at no cost support download fixes, get documentation or start a ticket demos browse demos by product, category or collection. News articles about ibm and the holocaust and its findings. Ibm and the holocaust by edwin black overdrive rakuten. The book, which documents ibm s direct links to hilter and his socalled final solution by providing the third reich with census machines and punch card technology, caused ibm to issue a formal statement claiming that the nazis controlled the operations of ibm germany during the war. Jun 30, 2012 the bizarre billionaire that backed bannon and made trump president a trnn documentary duration. Germany leased ibm s punch card tabulation machines ancestors of the computer, and used them in its war against france.
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