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The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben (original 1978; edition 1979)

by Joseph borkin

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The story of the huge chemical corporation, I.O. Farben: its relations with Hitler and the Third Reich, its takeover of the chemical industries of Europe in the wake of German conquest, its use of slave labor in its own Anschwitz-like concentration camp and its ultimate exposure at the Nuremberg trials.… (more)

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Title:	The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben
Authors:	Joseph borkin
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The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben by Joseph BORKIN (1978)

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first published in 1978 by the Free Press under the title "Crimes and Punishment of I.G.Farben- the birth , growth and corruption of a giant corporation": (in Germany in 1979 by the Campe Verlag as "Die unheilige Allianz der I.G.Farben. A MOST IMPORTANT BOOK!!! Joseph Borkin (1911-79) was a lawyer and from 1938-46 the chief of the Patent and Cartel section of the antitrust division of the Dep. of Justice in D.C. responsible for the wartime investigation and prosecution of the cartels dominated by I.G.Farben (

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betty_s | Sep 30, 2023 |

An absolute necessity of any WWII reader to understanding the war, how why and who was most important, it was business not the military or even Hitler. I am sure there are holes in this history but my new understanding of the war and the world outweighs any shortcomings. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
BORKIN, Joseph	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
I. G. Farben,	Associated Name	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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The story of the huge chemical corporation, I.O. Farben: its relations with Hitler and the Third Reich, its takeover of the chemical industries of Europe in the wake of German conquest, its use of slave labor in its own Anschwitz-like concentration camp and its ultimate exposure at the Nuremberg trials.

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