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2. Technology in the service of murderers is reprehensible beyond imagination.

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 09:02 PM

Friday

IBM and the Holocaust: Technology as a Force Multiplier for Genocide
https://explaininghistory.org/2025/09/30/ibm-and-the-holocaust-technology-as-a-force-multiplier-for-genocide/

How did it start?
The 1933 Census: Identifying “Enemies of the Reich”
That's how it starts.

The Nazi Party: IBM & "Death's Calculator"
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ibm-and-quot-death-s-calculator-quot-2

Be sitting down, and have a good strong drink at your side.
THIS MUST NOT REPEAT ITSELF.
Nor even "rhyme"

Protest every company that cooperates with the Fuhrer.
I do. 🍎

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