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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Abstract. I.G. Farben was a giant chemical company founded in Germany after the German defeat in World War I. Under Nazi pressure, the company fired all Jewish employees, used slave labor and manufactured the pesticide Zyklon B which was used in gas-chamber mass murders. Until the end of World War II, I.G. Farben was a conglomerate of German ...
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.''
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.
Oct 4, 2022 · IG Farben used to be the world’s largest chemical company until it was broken up in one of the largest antitrust events in history. My recent research explores how the breakup affected innovation activity in postwar Germany.
