Why The Nuremberg Code Exists.

[Karl12]

Moreover, Adam Tooze's The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy covers those topics.

Thanks for the book recommendations and will jot those down - not really to do with the economy but would say there's some relevant thread content in this book and the 'corporate camouflage' chapter is well worth a look.

Don't know how the Nuremberg staff felt about the ridiculously light sentencing (or early release) of these people but did find that U.S. Gov Berstein report to be a very illuminating one.. also found it a bit convenient how much of the initially available evidence 'disappeared, was destroyed, or was declared inadmissible'.

Bernstein and his team were the first officials who had access to the files of the IG Farben concern at its headquarters in Frankfurt, its Nazi-liaison office in Berlin and other locations.

The relevance of this report is particularly high, because Col. Bernstein and his team of military officers had unprecedented access to the offices and documents of IG Farben, proving without any doubt their decisive role behind World War II.

Also found it a bit curious how specific factories belonging to specific corporations heavily involved in the Nazi war effort were left completely untouched during the saturation bombing of Germany.

Don't know if the German public were aware of just how directly responsible the I.G. Farben pharma cartel actually was (I know I wasn't) but regarding reasons why they let it happen thought there were some interesting points made in this 1958 interview about the power of 'focused propaganda' and how 'an immense mass of highly educated people can be caught by surprise by their own advancing technology'.

Sounds a bit familiar to what we are experiencing these days and this quote also rang a few alarm bells.

Cheers.