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Lawsuit, book contend
that IBM machines
, aided Nazi Germany.
SHARON SAMBER
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Washington
lawsuit filed against IBM for
allegedly assisting the Nazis indi-
cates a renewed focus on the potential
culpability of American companies
that helped Germany during World
War II.
IBM provided technology that aided
Hitler in the persecution and death of
millions during the Holocaust, accord-
ing ro a class-action lawsuit filed in
New York on Feb. 10. The company
was intimately involved with the
actions of its German subsidiary, prof-
ited from the work and covered up its
actions, the lawsuit alleges.
"IBM USA understood that its
equipment, information and services
were being used in concentration
camps, where information about Jews
and others was recorded, tabulated
and sorted for purposes of perpetuat-
ing slave labor and ultimately extermi-
nation," the lawsuit says.
Filed on behalf of five plaintiffs and
others, the lawsuit seeks the forcible open-
ing of IBM archives and a declaration
from the company that human rights
were violated. The lawsuit also is demand-
ing an undisclosed sum of money.
IBM's German subsidiary was not
named in the lawsuit; the subsidiary
contributed to the German restitution
foundation, gaining legal immunity.
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Book Traces IBM's Role
Just as the lawsuit begins wending its
way through the court system, a new
book that delves into IBM's technolo-
gy and the role it played in the
Holocaust hit the shelves.
It has been known that IBM supplied
technology to Germany in the 1930s, but
Edwin Black's IBM and the Holocaust:
The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi
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