Ig Farbenindustrie

Biography:

I. G. Farbenindustrie AG, commonly known as IG Farben, was a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate formed in 1925 from a merger of six chemical companies: Agfa, BASF, Bayer, Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron, Hoechst, and Weiler-ter-Meer. It was once the largest company in Europe and the largest chemical and pharmaceutical company in the world. IG Farben scientists made fundamental contributions to all areas of chemistry and the pharmaceutical industry. However, during World War II, the company relied on slave labor from concentration camps and was involved in medical experiments on inmates at both Auschwitz and Mauthausen. The Allies seized the company after the war and its directors were put on trial for war crimes.