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Author Jeffreys, Diarmuid.

Title Hell's cartel : IG Farben and the making of Hitler's war machine / Diarmuid Jeffreys.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Metropolitan Books, 2008.

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 Moore Stacks  HD9654.9.I5 J44 2008    Available  ---
Edition 1st. ed.
Description viii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-467) and index.
Summary The remarkable rise and shameful fall of one of the twentieth century's greatest conglomerates. At its peak in the 1930s, the German chemical manufacturer IG Farben was one of the most powerful corporations in the world. To this day, companies formerly part of the Farben cartel--aspirin-maker Bayer, graphics supplier Agfa, plastics giant BASF--continue to play key roles in the global market. IG Farben itself, however, is remembered mostly for its connections to the Nazi Party and its complicity in the Holocaust. After the war, Farben's leaders were tried for crimes including mass murder and slave labor. Journalist Jeffreys presents the first comprehensive account of IG Farben's rise and fall, tracing the enterprise from its nineteenth-century origins, when the discovery of synthetic dyes gave rise to a vibrant new industry, through the upheavals of the Great War era, and on to the company's fateful role in World War II.--From publisher description.
Contents From Perkin's purple to Duisberg's drugs -- The golden years -- The chemist's war -- The birth of a colossus -- Bosch's plan -- Striking the bargain -- Accommodation and collaboration --From long knives to the four year plan -- Preparing for war -- War and profit -- Buna at Auschwitz -- IG Auschwitz and the final solution -- Götterdämmerung -- Preparing the case -- Trial.
Subject Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft -- History.
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.
History.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
Industrial policy -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Industrial policy.
Germany.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Forced labor -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Forced labor.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
World War (1939-1945)
Atrocities.
ISBN 9780805078138
0805078134