"A damning new history . . .Jeffreys brings a rare combination
of forensic acumen and narrative flair." --"Chicago Tribune"
At its peak in the 1930s, the German chemical conglomerate IG
Farben was one of the most powerful corporations in the world. To
this day, companies formerly part of the Farben cartel--the aspirin
maker Bayer, the graphics supplier Agfa, the plastics giant
BASF--continue to play key roles in the global market. IG Farben
itself, however, is remembered mostly for its infamous connections
to the Nazi Party and its complicity in the atrocities of the
Holocaust. After the war, Farben's leaders were tried for crimes
that included mass murder and exploitation of slave labor.
In "Hell's Cartel," Diarmuid Jeffreys presents the first
comprehensive account of IG Farben's rise and fall, tracing the
enterprise from its nineteenth-century origins, when the discovery
of synthetic dyes gave rise to a vibrant new industry, through the
upheavals of the Great War era, and on to the company's fateful
role in World War II. Named one of the best books of the year by
"Business Week," "Hell's Cartel" sheds new light on the
codependence of industry and the Third Reich, and offers a timely
warning against the dangerous merger of politics and the pursuit of
profit.
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