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From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich

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The Degussa corporation played a pivotal role in the processing of plundered precious metals in Nazi-occupied Europe and controlled the production and distribution of Zyklon B, the infamous pesticide used to gas the inmates of Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps, during the Third Reich. Peter Hayes traces the extent of the corporation's involvement in these and other Nazi war crimes, including the Aryanization of Jewish-owned property and the exploitation of forced labor, and delineates the motivations for such conduct.

Language: English

Pages: 394

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: September 20, 2004

ISBN: 0521782279

ISBN 13: 9780521782272

From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich

5/5 ( ratings)

The Degussa corporation played a pivotal role in the processing of plundered precious metals in Nazi-occupied Europe and controlled the production and distribution of Zyklon B, the infamous pesticide used to gas the inmates of Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps, during the Third Reich. Peter Hayes traces the extent of the corporation's involvement in these and other Nazi war crimes, including the Aryanization of Jewish-owned property and the exploitation of forced labor, and delineates the motivations for such conduct.

Language: English

Pages: 394

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: September 20, 2004

ISBN: 0521782279

ISBN 13: 9780521782272

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