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'''IG Farben''' was a large [[German]] chemical and pharmacuetical conglomerate.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19125905/</ref>  The [[cartel]] was formed in 1925 after merging together six other companies. After its establishment, it became the largest company of its kind in [[Europe]]. During the [[Second World War]], the company actively collaborated with the [[Nazi]]s to aid the German war effort, and made use of [[concentration camp]] slave labour. In 1945, the company was seized by the Allies and put on trial during the subsequent Nuremberg Trials.<ref>https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/i-g-farben/</ref>

'''IG Farben''' was a large [[German]] chemical and pharmacuetical conglomerate. The [[cartel]] was formed in 1925 after merging together six other companies. After its establishment, it became the largest company of its kind in [[Europe]]. During the [[Second World War]], the company actively collaborated with the [[Nazi]]s to aid the German war effort, and made use of [[concentration camp]] slave labour. In 1945, the company was seized by the Allies and put on trial during the subsequent Nuremberg Trials.<ref>https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/i-g-farben/</ref>

 

Before the [[National Socialist party]] came to power, the German pharmaceutical industry constituted an international reference as far as the development of new medicines was concerned.  During World War II, I.G. Farben participated in numerous operations associated with the [[criminal]] activities of the Nazi regime.  With regard to medical and pharmacological research projects, I.G. Farben became involved in experimental programmes using patients from the Nazi regime's euthanasia programmes and healthy subjects recruited without their consent on whom various pharmacological substances were tested.  Some of these activities came to light as a result of the one the famous Nuremberg Trials in 1947, which saw executives and scientists from I.G. Farben brought to justice for, among other offenses, forced experimentation with drugs.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19125905/</ref>  

The history of the founding of the [[Auschwitz]] extermination camp is connected with the initiative by IG Farben to build its third large plant for synthetic rubber and liquid fuels. The new camp was to be located in Silesia, beyond the range of Allied bombers at the time. The final decision for the location was made in December 1940/January 1941 and fell on the flat land between the eastern part of Oświęcim (''Gr. Auschwitz'') and the villages of Dwory and Monowice. The decision was justified by the favorable geological conditions, access to railroad lines, water supply (the Vistula), and the availability of raw materials: coal (the mines in Libiąż, Jawiszowice, and Jaworzno), lime (Krzeszowice), and salt (Wieliczka). Furthermore, the belief that it would be possible for the firm to employ prisoners from the nearby Auschwitz concentration camp may in fact have been decisive in the choice of the project.

The history of the founding of the [[Auschwitz]] extermination camp is connected with the initiative by IG Farben to build its third large plant for synthetic rubber and liquid fuels. The new camp was to be located in Silesia, beyond the range of Allied bombers at the time. The final decision for the location was made in December 1940/January 1941 and fell on the flat land between the eastern part of Oświęcim (''Gr. Auschwitz'') and the villages of Dwory and Monowice. The decision was justified by the favorable geological conditions, access to railroad lines, water supply (the Vistula), and the availability of raw materials: coal (the mines in Libiąż, Jawiszowice, and Jaworzno), lime (Krzeszowice), and salt (Wieliczka). Furthermore, the belief that it would be possible for the firm to employ prisoners from the nearby Auschwitz concentration camp may in fact have been decisive in the choice of the project.