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- 9780375419331
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IBM and the Holocaust is the stunning story of IBM's strategic alliance with Nazi Germany - beginning in 1933 in the first weeks that Hitler came to power and continuing well into World War II. As the Third Reich embarked upon its plan of conquest and genocide, IBM and its subsidiaries helped create enabling technologies, step-by-step, from the identification and cataloging programs of the 1930s to the selections of the 1940s. Only after Jews were identified - a massive and complex task that Hitler wanted done immediately - could they be targeted for efficient asset confiscation, ghettoization, deportation, enslaved labor, and, ultimately, annihilation. It was a cross-tabulation and organizational challenge so monumental, it called for a computer. Of course, in the 1930s no computer existed. But IBM's Hollerith punch card technology did exist. Aided by the company's custom-designed and constantly updated Hollerith systems, Hitler was able to automate his persecution of the Jews. Historians have always been amazed at the speed and accuracy with which the Nazis were able to identify and locate European Jewry. Until now, the pieces of this puzzle have never been fully assembled. The fact is, IBM technology was used to organize nearly everything in Germany and then Nazi Europe, from the identification of the Jews in censuses, registrations, and ancestral tracing programs to the running of railroads and organizing of concentration camp slave labor. IBM and its German subsidiary custom-designed complex solutions, one by one, anticipating the Reich's needs. They did not merely sell the machines and walk away. Instead, IBM leased these machines for high fees and became the sole source of the billions of punch cards Hitler needed. IBM and the Holocaust takes you through the carefully crafted corporate collusion with the Third Reich, as well as the structured deniability of oral agreements, undated letters, and the Geneva intermediaries - all undertaken as the newspapers blazed with accounts of persecution and destruction. Just as compelling is the human drama of one of our century's greatest minds, IBM founder Thomas Watson, who cooperated with the Nazis for the sake of profit. Only with IBM's technologic assistance was Hitler able to achieve the staggering numbers of the Holocaust. Edwin Black has now uncovered one of the last great mysteries of Germany's war against the Jews - how did Hitler get the names?
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375419330
ISBN-13
9780375419331
eBay Product ID (ePID)
128597988
Product Key Features
Book Title
IBM and the Holocaust : The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation
Language
English
Topic
Holocaust, General, World
Publication Year
2001
Genre
Business & Economics, History
Format
Audio Cassette
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
5.9 Oz
Item Length
7.1 in
Item Width
4.5 in
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"Establishes beyond dispute that IBM Hollerith machines significantly advanced Nazi efforts to exterminate Jewry. . . .IBM and the Holocaustis a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust." -Washington Post Book World "An ugly story, hidden for years, told by a master craftsman . . . compelling . . . it's a chilling lesson." -Miami Herald "IBM and the Holocaustis a disturbing book-all the more so because its author doesn't prescribe what should be done about sins committed more than half a century ago. It is left to the readers to decide." -Chicago Tribune From the Trade Paperback edition., "Establishes beyond dispute that IBM Hollerith machines significantly advanced Nazi efforts to exterminate Jewry. . . . IBM and the Holocaust is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust." -Washington Post Book World "An ugly story, hidden for years, told by a master craftsman . . . compelling . . . it's a chilling lesson." -Miami Herald "IBM and the Holocaust is a disturbing book-all the more so because its author doesn't prescribe what should be done about sins committed more than half a century ago. It is left to the readers to decide." -Chicago Tribune From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
21
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
940.53/18
Edition Description
Abridged Edition
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- b***r (938)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe item arrived quickly... it was new as described by the seller, however the photo showed it with a slipcover and it did not arrive with on. The seller was glad to accept a return and refund me the total. I would definitely do business with them again in the future.
- r***e (663)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchasePrompt shipment, and the book arrived quickly. Better packaging materials could have been used, as it was shipped in a poly mailer sealed tight with zero padding to protect again bumps/damage, but the book arrived in acceptable condition. The description was vague, and it's not worth trying to send back. I'll still keep/use the books as is. Thanks.Seeing Things John's Way: The Rhetoric of the Book of Revelation (#186900309708)
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