A Slap On The Wrist
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Carl Krauch
Farben at Nuremburg
Farben at Nuremberg
In 1948, a small minority of the IG Farben directors - all of the eye-witnesses - were found guilty in at Nuremburg of mass murder, enslavement and plunder, including Fritz ter Meer. Because of pressure from right wing legislators in the US (who felt the real enemy was "communism - not German businessmen") they were all out of jail within four years. (66)
In 1948, a small minority of the IG Farben directors - all of the eye-witnesses - were found guilty in at Nuremberg of mass murder, enslavement and plunder, including Fritz ter Meer. Because of pressure from right wing legislators in the US (who felt the real enemy was "communism - not German businessmen") they were all out of jail within four years. (66)
Hermann Schmitz at Nuremburg
Hermann Schmitz being sentenced
Carl Krauch
In 1948, a small minority of the IG Farben directors - all of the eye-witnesses - were found guilty in at Nuremberg of mass murder, enslavement and plunder, including Fritz ter Meer. Because of pressure from right wing legislators in the US (who felt the real enemy was "communism - not German businessmen") they were all out of jail within four years. (66)
In 1948, a small minority of the IG Farben directors - all of the eye-witnesses - were found guilty in at Nuremburg of mass murder, enslavement and plunder, including Fritz ter Meer. Because of pressure from right wing legislators in the US (who felt the real enemy was "communism - not German businessmen") they were all out of jail within four years. (66)
Hermann Schmitz at Nuremberg
Hermann Schmitz at Nuremburg
Hermann Schmitz at Nuremberg
Hermann Schmitz
Hermann Schmitz
Hermann Schmitz
Heinrich Schmitz
Hermann Schmitz
Heinrich Schmitz
Heinrich Schmitz
Heinrich Schmitz
Otto Ambrose
Otto Ambrose
Otto Ambrose
Had they all been found guilty, war profiteering might have ended - or at least become more difficult. As in WW1, the war trials were a sham.
Had they all been found guilty, war profiteering might have ended - or at least become more difficult. As in WW1, the war trials were a sham.
Farben at Nuremburg
Farben at Nuremburg
Attachfarben4.jpeg | Farben at Nuremburg
Farben at Nuremburg
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Attachfarben4.jpeg | Farben at Nuremburg
Attachfarben3.jpeg | Farben at Nuremburg
In 1948, a small minority of the IG Farben directors - all of the eye-witnesses - were found guilty in at Nuremberg of mass murder, enslavement and plunder, including Fritz ter Meer. Because of pressure from right wing legislators in the US (who felt the real enemy was "communism - not German businessmen") they were all out of jail within four years. (66)
Despite introducing gas warfare, forced labor, National Socialism and the "Fuhrer Principle," despite encouraging anti-Semitism, despite being the Nazi's biggest financial backers, they were all acquitted of "preparation and waging of aggressive warfare" and "conspiracy" - the court ruled that there was not enough evidence of "knowledge of the immediate result" of their own actions. (67)
Had they all been found guilty, war profiteering might have ended - or at least become more difficult. As in WW1, the war trials were a sham.