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I. G. Farbenindustrie AG ("dye industry syndicate"), commonly known as IG Farben, was a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. It was formed in 1925 from a merger of six chemical companies: Agfa, BASF, Bayer, Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron , Hoechst, and Weiler-ter-Meer.
The United States of America vs. Carl Krauch, et al., also known as the IG Farben Trial, was the sixth of the twelve trials for war crimes the U.S. authorities held in their occupation zone in Germany after the end of World War II.
May 18, 2024 · IG Farben, (German: “Syndicate of Dyestuff-Industry Corporations”), world’s largest chemical concern, or cartel, from its founding in Germany in 1925 until its dissolution by the Allies after World War II.
IG Farben. The history of the founding of the camp is connected with the initiative by the German chemical concern IG Farbenindustrie A.G. to build its third large plant for synthetic rubber and liquid fuels. The new camp was to be located in Silesia, beyond the range of Allied bombers at the time. Among the several sites proposed in December ...
May 2, 1999 · Once the world's biggest chemical conglomerate, I.G. Farben played so important a role in Hitler's war machine and in the Holocaust that it came to be called ''the devil's chemist.''
I.G. Farben was a German Limited Company that was a conglomerate of eight leading German chemical manufacturers, including Bayer, Hoechst and BASF, which at the time were the largest chemical firms in existence.
Jun 13, 2019 · While Germany was a leading manufacturer of chemicals and pharmaceuticals, international competition led to the creation in 1925 of a massive conglomerate known as IG Farben. The conglomerate included Bayer and other major companies such as BASF, Hoechst (Aventis), and AGFA.
American military tribunals in Nuremberg, Germany, presided over 12 major proceedings against leading German industrialists, military figures, SS perpetrators, and others. Included among these Subsequent Nuremberg Trials was the IG Farben Case.
Aug 6, 2009 · The story of the IG Farben chemical conglomerate is one with tremendous relevance for the present day. Formed in 1925, from a merger of a number of familiar firms including Agfa, BASF and Bayer, it was the largest industrial concern in Europe, and soon found itself embroiled in Hitler’s ‘revolution’, emerging as one of the mainstays of ...
Jul 28, 2010 · 1948: A deadly explosion at German chemical conglomerate IG Farben's Ludwigshafen plant on the Rhine River kills more than 200 people and injures more than 3,800 – 500 of them seriously.
