17 events with tag "IG Farben"
1925
ID: 1330
IG Farben officially formed - merger of six German chemical companies becomes world's largest chemical corporation
ID: 1330
1927
ID: 1345
IG Farben establishes international cartel agreements with Standard Oil, DuPont, and Imperial Chemical Industries (1927-1929)
ID: 1345
1930
ID: 1380
Polystyrene first produced commercially by IG Farben
ID: 1380
1930
ID: 1384
Sullivan & Cromwell maintains German cartel relationships - Dulles brothers facilitate Standard Oil-IG Farben partnerships
ID: 1384
1933
ID: 1401
IG Farben executives meet secretly with Hitler, contribute 400,000 Reichsmarks to Nazi election campaign
ID: 1401
1933
ID: 1402
IG Farben dismisses over 1,000 Jewish employees including Nobel laureate Fritz Haber
ID: 1402
1936
ID: 1443
IG Farben becomes key partner in Hermann Göring's Four Year Plan, integral to German rearmament
ID: 1443
1939
ID: 1480
WWII begins; IG Farben converts entirely to military chemical production
ID: 1480
1940
ID: 1491
IG Farben expands into occupied territories, begins Auschwitz factory planning
ID: 1491
1941
ID: 1505
IG Farben establishes Auschwitz III-Monowitz 'Buna-Werke' synthetic rubber factory using 83,000+ concentration camp inmates
ID: 1505
1942
ID: 1515
IG Farben produces 90% of German military explosives, 60% of synthetic gasoline
ID: 1515
1942
ID: 1516
IG Farben doctors conduct medical experiments on Auschwitz prisoners
ID: 1516
1943
ID: 1531
IG Farben employs 177,000 foreign workers and prisoners across 93 countries
ID: 1531
1945
ID: 1551
Allied forces capture IG Farben facilities; Operation Paperclip targets IG Farben scientists
ID: 1551
1945
ID: 1562
Allied Control Council orders IG Farben dissolution
ID: 1562
1950
ID: 1631
Most IG Farben executives released from prison, return to corporate leadership
ID: 1631
1951
ID: 1652
IG Farben formally broken up into BASF, Bayer, Hoechst, and smaller companies
ID: 1652