1 May
2001
1 May
'01
5:15 a.m.
Lots of U.S. companies had dealings with Germany before WWII, all trade
ceased when America entered the war, of course. That and the U-Boats sinking
most trade vessils destined to Europe.
Haven't read the book yet, but I'm sure they left out how IBM also built
machines for the U.S. war effort, used to crack encryption codes and
whatnot.
Krupps made the ovens that were used to dispose of the bodies in the
concentration camps. Now they make coffee makers. Life goes on despite
stupidity.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone read....
IIRC my high-school history correctly, noone outside of Germany had
any idea of the magnitude of Hilter's racial purification policies.
It wasn't until the allies marched into the concentration camps and
discovered piles of bones instead of cheering prisoners that the
truth came out.
Then, anyone who had done business with Germany couldn't make their
associations publically know without risk of retaliation.
clint
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
Quoting Mike <dogas(a)bellsouth.net>et>:
"IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic
Alliance between Nazi
Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation" by Edwin Black,
Crown
I saw it at the local Hastings, but also didn't have the money to
pick it up. I will read it this summer, though. I suspect it will
try to shock me by detailing how IBM had sold technology of some
kind to Germany before US involvement in World War II. While such
a practice seems shocking today, it probably wasn't such a big deal
back then. Correct me if my history is wrong, but it seems to me
that Germany would have in fact been the best potential customer,
being one country that made decent progress towards getting out of
the depression that was widespread in Europe at the time. Also,
this was before we all figured out that Naziism was a Bad Thing,
right?
Can anyone tell us what the book says?
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu