List of companies involved in the Holocaust
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This list includes corporations that were in existence during World War II and that are documented to have profited from participation in the Holocaust.
| Company Name | Year Established | Place of Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Deutsche Bergwerks- und Hüttenbau | Late 19th century | Germany |
| Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe | Germany | |
| Eisenwerke Oberdonau | ||
| Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark | Lower Austria, Austria | |
| Krupp | 1810 | Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Bayer | 1863 | Barmen, Germany |
| Steyr-Daimler-Puch | 1864 | Steyr, Upper Austria, Austria |
| Topf and Sons | 1878 | Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany |
| Franz Eher Nachfolger | 1887 | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Accumulatoren-Fabrik AFA | 1888 | Hagen, Germany |
| Volkswagen Group[1] | 1937 | Germany |
| Siemens[2] | 1847 | Munich, Germany |
| IBM[3] | 1896 | Broome County, New York[4] |
| Kellogg Company | 1906 | Battle Creek, Michigan |
| IG Farben | 1925 | Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany |
| DEST | 1938 | Germany |
[edit] References
- ^ Clairmont, Frederic F.. "Volkswagen's history of forced labor". Le Monde Diplomatique. http://mondediplo.com/1998/01/11volkswag. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Siemens retreats over Nazi name". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2233890.stm. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Edwin Black (2001). IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation. ISBN 0316857696. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316857696.
- ^ Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray, "Computer a History of the Information Machine – Second Edition", Westview Press, p. 37, 2004.
