role of IG Farben-Auschwitz in the construction of the Birkenau extermination camp
TitelThe role of IG Farben-Auschwitz in the construction of the Birkenau extermination camp
Författare
Call numberS940.5318/002
Objektnummer04187bw
PubliceringsortJerusalem
UtgivareYad Vashem
Publikationsår
2010
Dimensionerpp11-45
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal "Yad Vashem Studies" Vol 38 Part 2, 2010 pp11-45
Beskrivning
IG Farben failed to complete the construction of its Buna factory near Auschwitz, despite the enormous investment in money, equipment and materials and the death of some 30,000 mostly Jewish prisoners who had been put to work in building the plant. Brings to light lack of proper planning, unsound engineering and mismanagement