shady history

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TWeaK@lemm.ee · 39 pts · 3y

After the US banned US businesses from working with Germany, the owners of IBM set up a sister company in Germany to continue operations.

gravistar@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

Yea super shitty company. When the company I worked for got bought by them I fucked around so much during that time. Cost them as much money as I could during that time as my mini fuck you to them.

Some parts of the company kinda act like nazis to be honest.

nevemsenki@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y

Even the romans knew that money does not smell.

Nameunknown12@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Looked up a list of all companies that worked with/supported Nazi Germany, pretty extensive. Some of these definitely surprised me, like Associated Press, Bayer, Ford, and Chase Bank.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_the_Holocaust#List

Chaphasilor@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Isn't Bayer a German company?

Nameunknown12@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Yeah they are, still they are the ones credited with creating aspirin, Aleve, alka-seltzer, and other commonly used medicine products

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3y

And zyklon b.

MelastSB@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y

Is Ford that much of a surprise?