I.G. Farben
| Institution is inactive | |
| Legal form | Public company |
| Founding date | December 2, 1925 |
| Liquidation date | January 1, 1952 |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt am Main |
| Wikipedia link | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.G._farben |
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I.G. Farben
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Bayer AG
After the stabilization of the global economy in the mid -1920s, it becomes clear that the German dye industry cannot regain its old position on the world market. In order to remain competitive and win new markets, six German companies decided in 1925 to merge in the Interest Group in the Farben Industrie AG, or in short: I.G. Colors. Just like the other companies, Bayer transfers his assets to the I.G. Colors and is deleted as an independent company in the commercial register.
To the Niederrhein company community of the I.G. In addition to the works of Leverkusen, Dormagen and Elberfeld, the Uerdingen plant also belongs. Leverkusen is also the location of the Pharma sales community of the I.G. - With the Bayer Cross as a trademark.
To the Niederrhein company community of the I.G. In addition to the works of Leverkusen, Dormagen and Elberfeld, the Uerdingen plant also belongs. Leverkusen is also the location of the Pharma sales community of the I.G. - With the Bayer Cross as a trademark.
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BASF SE
Persistent political unrest, reparation obligations and dismantling, coal deficiency and transport problems, the French occupation of the left bank of the Rhine and the establishment of a customs border on the Rhine initially prevent BASF the economic recovery of BASF. Representatives of the major chemical industry take up talks to intensify the relaxed cooperation that has existed since 1916. The necessary rationalization of manufacturing and sales should be carried out together. In 1925, the I.G. Farben Industrie AG (I.G. Colors). The seat of society is moved to Frankfurt. BASF no longer exists than an independent company. The works of Ludwigshafen and Oppau now form the essential part of the Oberrhein company, one of the originally four company communities within the I.G. Colors.
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Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur
Leopold Cassella & Co. G.m.b.H., based in Frankfurt-Fechenheim. was one of the founding members of I.G. in 1925. Colors. It formed an important base within the group for the production of textile auxiliaries and dyes.
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The unscrupulous persecution of Jewish co-founders was evident at the Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur. Although the Jewish Gans and von Weinberg families made the company big and incorporated it into I.G. After bringing in colors, the company did nothing to protect them from 1933 onwards. On the contrary: the I.G. Farben forced the “Aryanization” of the work.
Arthur and Carl von Weinberg were forced out of all offices and dispossessed. During the Second World War, the Cassella factory was completely integrated into war production and exploited hundreds of foreign forced laborers.
Arthur and Carl von Weinberg were forced out of all offices and dispossessed. During the Second World War, the Cassella factory was completely integrated into war production and exploited hundreds of foreign forced laborers.
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I.G. Farben
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Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron
The Griesheim-Elektron chemical factory was completely taken over by I.G. in 1925. colors on. Their production facilities (particularly in Bitterfeld and Frankfurt-Griesheim) had groundbreaking technologies in electrochemistry as well as aluminum and magnesium production.
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Dr. E. ter Meer & Cie
The Rhenish paint factory Dr. E. ter Meer & Cie in Uerdingen merged into I.G. in 1925. Colors. Organizationally, it was assigned to the “Lower Rhine” operating group (together with Bayer Leverkusen).
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Hoechst
The inking works before. Masters Lucius & Brüning in Frankfurt-Höchst were one of the three powerful foundations in the founding of I.G. Farben in 1925. Höchst became the headquarters of the “Maingau” cross-factory group operating association.
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Hoechst was directly involved in armaments, slave labor and lethal human experimentation. The plant produced, among other things, explosive precursors and medicines for the Wehrmacht. Over 3,000 forced laborers, prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates had to work in the Höchst factories. In addition, the Höchst plant was closely linked to its subsidiary, the Behringwerke: chemicals and preparations for medical human experiments on prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp were coordinated from there.
In the Nuremberg I.G. Farben trial, several top managers (such as Carl Lautenschläger) stood trial.
In the Nuremberg I.G. Farben trial, several top managers (such as Carl Lautenschläger) stood trial.
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I.G. Farben
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Agfa
The Actien-Gesellschaft für Aniline-Fabrikation (Agfa) was a founding member of I.G. in 1925. Farben and essentially formed Division III (Photochemistry) with the main plants in Wolfen and Leverkusen.
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Agfa was deeply involved in the company\'s war crimes. In addition to war-important films and special chemicals for the Wehrmacht, Agfa built and operated its own forced labor camps at the Wolfen plant.
From 1944 onwards, the Agfa camera factory in Munich also maintained its own subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp (Agfa Command), in which hundreds of female concentration camp prisoners were forced to produce time fuses for the armaments industry under the most brutal conditions.
From 1944 onwards, the Agfa camera factory in Munich also maintained its own subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp (Agfa Command), in which hundreds of female concentration camp prisoners were forced to produce time fuses for the armaments industry under the most brutal conditions.
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I.G. Farben
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Chemische Fabrik Kalle
Under the umbrella of I.G. Colors, Kalle produced packaging materials important to the war effort, insulation for the Wehrmacht's communications technology and technical papers for construction plans. To maintain production during the war, forced laborers from Eastern Europe were used at the Biebrich plant and had to live in barracks camps under strict guard.
Stadtgeschichte Wiesbaden – Wirtschaft im Nationalsozialismus sowie Wollheim Memorial – Struktur der I.G. Farben.
The Chemische Fabrik Kalle & Co. AG in Wiesbaden-Biebrich was incorporated as a subsidiary of the I.G. Farben Group in 1925/26. She was best known for the invention and production of cellophane films and photocopy papers (Ozalid).
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I.G. Farben
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Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy (der Jüngere)
Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a prominent victim of the National Socialists within the company\'s management. Because of his Jewish origins (he came from the famous family of bankers and musicians), he was put under massive pressure immediately after the seizure of power in 1933. The I.G. Farben fired him from the board. He had to give up all of his offices and sell his company shares far below their value as a result of the racist “Aryanization”. He survived the Nazi era in seclusion.
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Fritz ter Meer
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Sparte III (Fotochemie)
When the I.G. was founded Farben, the huge production network was divided into thematic divisions. Division III was responsible for the areas of photochemistry, synthetic fibers and special papers. The undisputed heart of this division was Agfa with its plants in Wolfen (film factory) and Leverkusen. The division was led for years by board member Fritz Gajewski.
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Buna-Werke
The Buna works were owned by I.G. Paints for the production of synthetic rubber (Buna) were founded because the German Reich was to become independent from the import of natural rubber as part of the self-sufficiency policy. In addition to plants in Schkopau and Hüls, the most notorious plant was built in Auschwitz-Monowitz (Buna-Werke Auschwitz / I.G. Auschwitz) from 1941 onwards.
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Treffen von Fritz ter Meer und Georg von Schnitzler
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Otto Ambros
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Hydrierwerke Pölitz
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Aufsichtsrat (Verwaltungsrat) der I.G.Farben
The supervisory board (often initially referred to as the board of directors) was the nominal controlling body of I.G. Farbenindustrie AG. It included the former top managers and owners of the founding companies.
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The supervisory board of I.G. Farben brought the group into complete ideological and economic alignment. From 1933 onwards, all Jewish members (such as Leo Gans, Arthur and Carl von Weinberg) were unscrupulously forced out of the supervisory board in order to please the Nazi regime. In the years that followed, the supervisory board approved the strategic orientation of Hitler\'s four-year plan for war preparation and the financing of Nazi organizations. Many members were accused in the Nuremberg I.G. Farben trial (case 6) of shared responsibility for the enslavement of concentration camp prisoners.
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Vorstandsmitglieder I.G. Farben
The board of I.G. Farbenindustrie AG was the actual operational and strategic management body of the group. While the supervisory board had more controlling and representative tasks, day-to-day management lay with the board members.
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I.G. Farben
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Behring-Werk
In 1929, the I.G. Color industry, the largest chemical and pharmaceutical company in the world at the time.
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Ivy Lee
Ivy Lee, among other things, came into criticism for his work as a PR consultant of the US subsidiary in the F district of the German Chemistry Cartel in the I.G. Colors that promoted the rise of the National Socialists. Lee traveled to Germany several times, met the business leader and sizes of the NSDAP. In the spring of 1934, he therefore had to answer to an investigation committee of the congress. Details of Lee's work in Germany are still in the dark.
I.G. Farben
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Parker and Lee
The company came under criticism in the Second World War because it had carried out advisory activities for German industrial figures IG colors.
I.G. Farben
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Interhandel (Industrie- und Handelsbeteiligungen AG)
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Paul Stein
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I.G. Farben-Gebäude
I. G. Farbenindustrie AG, founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1925/26, needed a representative office building for its central administration. The space requirements of what was then the fourth-largest company in the world were enormous, and so one of the largest office buildings of the time was built on part of the Grüneburg site, which was still considered ultra-modern until the 1950s.
I. G. Farbenindustrie AG, founded two years earlier, acquired the property in 1927 in order to build its corporate headquarters on it.
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Menschenversuche in nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslagern
The I.G. colors had various human trials in concentration camps between 1933 and 1945.
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