A History of the I.G. Farben Trial: Armament, Exploitation, Auschwitz

In this exacting examination of the history of the I.G. Farben trial, Stephan H. Lindner charts the build up and aftermath of this watershed event, in order to highlight its implications for understanding the complexities of corporate social responsibility and of putting the military-industrial complex on trial.

Stephan H. Lindner is Professor of Interdependence of Technological and Social Change at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich. He is the author of numerous publications in economic history and in the comparative history of industrial textiles in Germany and France. His recent publications include: Unternehmertum und Politik in der Weimarer Republik (de Gruyter, 2022); Sartorius 1870-2020 (Piper, 2021); and Aufrüstung - Ausbeutung - Auschwitz. Eine Geschichte des I.G.-Farben-Prozesses (Wallstein, 2020).