Jonathan Prince on 11 Feb 2001 15:17:37 -0000 |
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[Nettime-bold] IBM and the Holocaust |
IBM and the Holocaust http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/02/11/stirevnws02017.html ''..in 1993, I went with my parents to the new Holocaust museum in Washington. There, in the very first exhibit, was a gleaming black, beige and silver machine. The label said it was an IBM Hollerith D-11 card-sorting machine. What was this thing - with its circuits, slots and wires - doing in the dimly lit museum? What did IBM, one of America's most powerful corporations, have to do with Hitler's attempt to exterminate European Jewry? A notice explained that IBM organised a census in 1933 that first identified Germany's Jews. I stared at the machine and promised my mother and father that I would discover more. [....] IBM has amassed its fortune and reputation because it generally anticipates governmental and corporate needs before they develop and then offers, designs and delivers customised solutions. It has always billed itself as a "solutions" company. How many solutions did IBM provide to Nazi Germany? '' -- .. Jonathan Prince jonathan@killyourtv.com http://KillYourTV.com - it's bad for you http://GWBushSucks.com - he's bad for everyone http://USoutofColombia.org - stupid wars are bad ........................................................ 'When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there.' - GW Bush _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold