Hell's Cartel IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine
, by Jeffreys, DiarmuidNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780805091434 | 0805091432
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/5/2010
At Its Peak in the 1930s, the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben was one of the most powerful corporations in the world. The cartel dominated crucial industries ranging from synthetic rubber to pharmaceuticals; its renowned scientists pioneered aspirin and won numerous Nobel prizes. Yet just twenty years after Farben's creation, its directors were on trial at Nuremberg, facing charges of mass murder and the exploitation of slave labor. They were, the prosecutor said, "the magicians who made the fantasies of Mein Kampf come true."