IG Farben

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jbor wrote:
> 
> Just skimming through the book I found the following description of one of
> the I.G. Farben scientists at the trial:
> 
>     One of the cross-eyed men rose in the dock ... he made his way across
>     the well of the court, his feet toed out slightly, and this -- with his
>     erect posture -- made you wonder whether he had ever been in the Army.
>     But no -- though his stride was even there was no pace or music in it.
>     If he had been announced as a minister of the gospel, you would believe
>     it even before hearing the coincidence of his name -- Christian
>     Schneider. His glasses were clerically rimless. His large, blue crossed
>     eyes sought the heavens, a hint perhaps that you look elsewhere. ...
>                                 (Part 5 'Masters and Slaves', p. 160)
> 
> Schneider was involved with the production of "Leuna" Gasoline and, in the
> 20s, had worked to adapt the Bergius coal-liquification procedure to a large
> scale process of "hydrogenation" which meant "the pressuring of coal, tars,
> and mineral oils by stages, into their final products". What struck me most
> was the description: the glasses, the blue eyes (not "myopic" but cross),
> the heavenward-vision of the man, "a hint that you look elsewhere." It
> sounded mighty familiar.

IG Farben under Duisberg, Chairman of the Aufsichtsrat,
1925-30 was modeled after "Little IG," but the Depression
convinced  Bosch, the first Chairman of the Vorstand,
1925-35, and the Aufsichtsrat, 1935-40, that Duisberg's
organization was too complex and inefficient. He reorganized
the Concern into three Sparte. Schneider Chaired Sparte I. 
Sparte I (Oil, Mines, Nitrogen, Fertilizer, Gasoline,
Hydrogenation) was run by Christian Schneider from 1938 on, 
he headed the Central Office, supervising planning,
production, sales, pricing, expansion, finance, and
personnel,  for high-pressure chemistry, IG Coal mines,
nitrogen and synthetic fuel. Schneider was a "sponsoring
member" of the SS. He visited Auschwitz between 1942 and
1944. He was charged and acquitted completely, NMT, Vol.7,
p.2 and vol.8, pp.1206-09. 

IG Farben was a colossal Concern at the time, it was not
funded by a Bush/Nazi front bank and Brown Brothers. BTW,
take a look and see how many firms, how many banks, how many
companies were ceased along with the Supposed Bush/Nazi
Bank. Also, read the how RFK and JFK turned many of these
back. But that's another point. The point is that IG Farben
was not only the largest Concern in Germany it was the
largest on the Planet. The only Intersts that were larger,
though not really comparable at the time were GM, Standard
Oil, and U.S. Steel. IG Farben had many financial
subsidiaries, Banks, Investment firms all over Europe, a
wholly owned Insurance Company. The numbers that Bush
Biography cook up are so bad they are not worthy of serious
comment.