A History of the I.G. Farben Trial

Armament, Exploitation, Auschwitz

Stephan H. Lindner (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2025
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-83695-266-4 (ISBN)

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In this exacting examination of the history of the I.G. Farben trial, Stephan H. Lindner charts the build up and aftermath of this watershed event, in order to highlight its implications for understanding the complexities of corporate social responsibility and of putting the military-industrial complex on trial.

The German chemical firm, I.G. Farben, remains an object of historical scrutiny. Responsible for developing the gasoline and aviation fuel so integral to the Nazi regime’s military campaign, the company’s executives enabled the Third Reich’s war crimes through their use of forced labor from the Auschwitz concentration camp. While this complicity did result in their conviction at the Nuremberg trials, Stephan H. Lindner provides a fresh perspective on this watershed event, highlighting how the legacy of this trial shaped postwar Europe’s understanding of collusion and reparation. Charting its build up, the events of the trial itself, and its aftermath, this volume spotlights the complexities of corporate social responsibility and of putting the military-industrial complex on trial.

Stephan H. Lindner is Professor of Interdependence of Technological and Social Change at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich. He is the author of numerous publications in economic history and in the comparative history of industrial textiles in Germany and France. His recent publications include: Unternehmertum und Politik in der Weimarer Republik (de Gruyter, 2022); Sartorius 1870-2020 (Piper, 2021); and Aufrüstung - Ausbeutung - Auschwitz. Eine Geschichte des I.G.-Farben-Prozesses (Wallstein, 2020).

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Prehistory and Preparation of the Trial

Chapter 2. The Indictment and the Composition of the Court in Case VI

Chapter 3. The Trial

Chapter 4. The Posthistory of the Trial

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2025
Reihe/Serie	Studies in German History ; 31
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-83695-266-X / 183695266X
ISBN-13	978-1-83695-266-4 / 9781836952664
Zustand	Neuware