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The link should've been to http://www.cnet.com/news/probing-ibms-nazi-connection/ http://www.cnet.com/news/probing-ibms-nazi-connection/. The claim about the IB
by Chinjut 10y ago
The link should've been to http://www.cnet.com/news/probing-ibms-nazi-connection/ http://www.cnet.com/news/probing-ibms-nazi-connection/. The claim about the IBM memo comes from Edwin Black, author of the book "IBM and the Holocaust". The reference to a New York Times article is specifically to one from its front page on September 13, 1939, titled "Nazis Hint 'Purge' of Jews in Poland". The article can be purchased from the New York Times at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06EED81330E53ABC4B52DFBF668382629EDE http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06EED81330E.... You can also see bits of the article at http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/590025 http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/590025, and it is also referenced at the New York Times itself more contemporarily in the article http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-turning-away-from-the-holocaust.html http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-185....
(I haven't actually been able to read the referenced article in full, mind you, because I am cheap; thus, I am not personally vouching for the article saying what it is claimed to. I'm just providing to others the ability to do so if any of you have interest and/or disposability of income greater than mine at the moment.)
- delazeur 10y agoI am also too cheap to buy the article, but I think it is noteworthy that the full title is "NAZIS HINT 'PURGE' OF JEWS IN POLAND; 'Special Report' From Invaded Region Discusses Possible Solution of Problem GROUP EUROPE'S LARGEST 3,000,000 Population Involved --'Removal' From Europe Viewed as Benefit." We're primed to associate the word "solution" with extermination, but the Final Solution definitely did not exist as such in 1939. The word "removal" matches my recollection that official Nazi policy at this time was aimed at eventual deportation.