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Hell's Cartel

IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine

by Diarmuid Jeffreys · first published 2008

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  • Bluestrike2 · Nov 9, 2019 · Recommends

    …was, by the end. It seems as if everyone figured it could be replaced with something "better" in their eyes. As for the industrialists and the rise of the Nazi Party, I'd suggest Diarmuid Jeffreys's Hell's Cartel: IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine. It's not focused solely on the role of the firm in the Nazi's rise to power, but it covers it as part of a broader look at the company's history and…

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  • photochemsyn · May 23, 2023 · Mentions

    …to buy all of the Leuna factory's output that couldn't be sold on the market, Jeffreys says. That same year, Farben donated more than 4.5 million Reich marks to Nazi Party funds." (Diarmuid Jeffreys, "Hell's Cartel", 2008)" https://web.archive.org/web/20201101015513/https://www.chica... They were certainly the power behind the throne, and active participants as well.

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