IG Farben

E41930

cartel chemical company industrial conglomerate pharmaceutical company

IG Farben was a powerful German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate that played a central role in supporting the Nazi war effort and the atrocities of the Holocaust during World War II.

Aliases (3)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cartel → chemical company → industrial conglomerate → pharmaceutical company →
brokenUpInto	BASF → Bayer → Hoechst →
builtFacilityAt	Auschwitz-Monowitz →
collaboratedWith	Nazi Party →
country	Germany →
dissolved	1952 →
formedByMergerOf	Agfa → BASF → Bayer → Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron → Chemische Fabrik Kalle → Hoechst → Weiler-ter Meer →
founded	1925 →
headquartersLocation	Frankfurt am Main →
industry	chemicals → pharmaceuticals → synthetic materials →
involvedIn	Holocaust atrocities → war crimes →
keyPerson	Carl Bosch → Carl Krauch NERFINISHED → Fritz ter Meer → Hermann Schmitz NERFINISHED → Otto Ambros →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
locatedInCountry	Germany →
notableProduct	pesticides → pharmaceuticals → synthetic dyes →
operatedPlant	Buna-Werke Auschwitz →
participatedIn	German war effort in World War II →
produced	Zyklon B → synthetic fuel → synthetic rubber →
resultedIn	convictions of several executives for war crimes →
subjectOf	IG Farben trial →
successor	BASF → Bayer → Hoechst →
supplied	Zyklon B to Nazi concentration camps →
supportedRegime	Nazi Germany →
trialEnd	1948 →
trialLocation	Nuremberg →
trialStart	1947 →
triedBy	United States military tribunal →
usedForcedLabor	Auschwitz concentration camp prisoners →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Monowitz-Buna ("IG Farben synthetic rubber plant") → Monowitz-Buna ("IG Farben synthetic fuel plant") →	laborSuppliedTo
Auschwitz III-Monowitz →	associatedWithCompany
Carl Krauch →	employer
Carl Krauch →	memberOf
Buna-Werke →	operator
Buna-Werke →	ownedBy
Monowitz-Buna →	primaryIndustrialPartner
Auschwitz III-Monowitz ("IG Farben industrial plant") →	primaryLaborDestination
IG Farben Trial →	relatedOrganization