IG Farben / Standard Oil Partnership
mechanism
Nazi Germany could not have launched its blitzkrieg without American oil technology, and the same chemical giant made the gas used in the death camps.
Who they are
The partnership between Germany's IG Farben chemical cartel and Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
What they do
The engine describes it as capital and technology flowing between wartime enemies to build the machinery of both war and extermination.
How it works
IG Farben partnered with Standard Oil for synthetic rubber and fuel patents that Germany, lacking domestic oil, needed for Blitzkrieg; IG Farben also held 42.5 percent of Degesch, which made Zyklon B (sales rising from 257,000 marks in 1938 to 544,000 in 1943), and built the Auschwitz III synthetic-fuel plant with slave labor.
Why it matters
It shows the industrial architecture of extermination being funded and enabled by capital crossing enemy lines.
The engine's record — word for word
German chemical cartel partnered with Rockefeller Standard Oil for synthetic rubber and fuel patents. Without American-supplied technology, Blitzkrieg was impossible — Germany had no domestic petroleum. IG Farben held 42.5% of Degesch (manufactured Zyklon B). Sales: 257K marks (1938) to 544K marks (1943). Built Auschwitz III synthetic fuel plant using slave labor. The industrial architecture of extermination funded by cross-adversary capital.
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