"There has been a long-time need for scholars and journalists to take a hard,
detailed, and fair look at the relationship between American corporations
and the Nazis. Edwin Black has done this for one major American
corporation--IBM. Piece of evidence by piece of evidence, Black pulls
together information from disparate archival sources to weave his story of
the Nazis relying on IBM to assist them in a variety of ways, including
implementing the Final Solution. The story is both fascinating and
frightening and raises questions about corporate profits at the expense of
moral decision-making. One would hope this book will serve as a reminder to
American corporations that they constantly need to be on guard against
directly or indirectly supporting dictators and totalitarian regimes. The
book also helps us better understand the mechanics of the Holocaust and
reminds us the machinery of death oftentimes involves machinery itself."
(Dr. Greg Bradsher, Holocaust-Era Assets expert; author of Managing Archives and Archival Institutions)