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Also by Edwin Black
Nazi Nexus
America’s Corporate Connections To Hitler’s Holocaust
2009
The Plan
How to Rescue Society When the Oil Stops—or the Day Before
2008
Internal Combustion
How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives
www.internalcombustionbook.com
2006
Banking on Baghdad
Inside Iraq’s 7,000 Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict
2004
War Against the Weak
Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race
2003
IBM and the Holocaust
The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America’s Most Powerful Corporation
2001
The Transfer Agreement
The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine
1984 and 2001
Format C:
A Novel
1999
What Reviewers Have Said About
IBM AND THE HOLOCAUST
“An explosive new book…. Backed by exhaustive research, Black’s case is simple and stunning.”
“Black’s book is most interesting when he is dealing with Watson’s stubborn and unsuccessful determination to continue in control of IBM’s German operation without appearing to be doing so. He was able to cut off direct relations between IBM in the U.S. and the Germans while continuing to deal with them indirectly. He was a master of subterfuge and made a fine art of being in a position to deny collaboration with the Nazis while operating through subsidiaries who were responsive to his every wish…. And he never forbade them to supply IBM machines that were used in sending people to camps, which they did.”
“Black establishes beyond dispute that IBM Hollerith machines significantly ad vanced Nazi efforts to exterminate Jewry…. IBM and the Holocaust is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust.”
“Black’s study… contains a wealth of unknown or little-known details. The author convincingly shows the relentless efforts made by IBM to maximize profit by selling its machines and its punch cards to a country whose criminal record would soon be widely recognized.”
“IBM and the Holocaust is a disturbing book—all the more so because its author doesn’t prescribe what should be done about sins committed more than half a century ago. It is left to readers to decide.”
“Black’s book is shocking. Its contents go against the grain of all that is dear to naive images of corporate America…. This book will be a case study in corporate ethics for years to come.”
“IBM and the Holocaust is an ambitious book… an important contribution to Holocaust studies.”
“The book adds much to our knowledge of the Holocaust and World War II. Black convincingly demonstrates the extent to which it [IBM technology], was central to the operation of the Third Reich.”
“Black makes a case that shames the IBM of the mid-20th century…. There will be no question… in the minds of readers that IBM officials had the ability to understand the task their machines were performing. The book succeeds as a piece of excruciatingly documented journalism.”
“Black’s book is so enlightening [because] it paints a richly textured picture of how a man [Watson], and an entire company, can ignore all sense of morality while not once transgressing the lines of business ethics. If nothing else, this book should be required reading for every first-year MBA student.”
“Black’s argument that IBM made millions from its association with the Nazis seems almost impossible to refute.”
“Black’s book… is an ugly story, hidden for years, told by a master craftsman in a compelling way. More than just another Holocaust tale… it’s a chilling lesson.”
“More than 15 million people have visited the Holocaust Museum and seen the IBM machine there. Surely some have raised the question: How could this prestigious corporation possibly be linked to such a heinous stain on human history? With empirical evidence, Edwin Black has supplied the answer. IBM and the Holocaust makes an empirical statement. Edwin Black has made his case.”