As late as 1941, International Business Machines were tracking the movements of Jews through Holland in order to ensure they could be captured and then ultimately exterminated in Nazi death camps. Having already supplied machines to Hitler and his government since the Fuhrer first rose to power in 1933, IBM then ran training programmes in order to teach SS officers how their products could be utilised in order to filter, transport and then eventually execute Jews and other races during the Holocaust. This American technology made Germany one of the most efficient operators during the Second World War - and ensured they were always on top of their oil supplies, armament levels and could make their trains run on time. As if that wasn't bad enough, The New York Times reported in September 1939 that 3million Polish Jews would be "immediately removed" from the country and sent to Germany - prompting IBM to produce an internal memo saying the company needed to produce a greater number of high-speed alphabetising machines.
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