Context: Before the US joined the war, IBM had a business deal with the Nazi regime to supply their machines. Their tabulation machines were used for everything from census and logistics to concentration camp administration. IBMs punch card systems along with numbers tattooed on prisoners were used to track their relocations, labour schedules and executions.

IBM claims that they lost control of their German division after the US entered the war but some historians claim that they still continued to profit from their partnership knowingly and despite the fact.

  • deathmetal27@lemmy.worldOP
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    18 days ago

    You must be younger

    If I am younger then you must be in your 40s. ;)

    I just wrote this from the top of my head from what I remembered reading a long time ago. I remember IBM had a deal with Nazi Germany and then my brain associated them with computers immediately afterwards.