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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeffreys, Diarmuid.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft--History.

Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.

Industrial policy--Germany--History--20th century.

Industrial policy.

Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century.

Forced labor.

History.

Germany.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Atrocities.

Physical Description:

viii, 485 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Metropolitan Books, 2008.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [455]-467) and index.

ISBN:

9780805078138

0805078134

OCLC:

183926490

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