COMPANY

Chemical, dye, and rubber manufacturer founded 1925 by the merger of BASF, Bayer AG, and four other industrial concerns. As punishment for the company's involvement in assorted war crimes, including the manufacture of Zyklon B, the principle poison used in Nazi extermination camps, Farben was put into liquidation by the Allied Control Council following World War II.

Industry:
Chemical

Corporate headquarters:
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Theodore Eicke	Military	17-Oct-1892	26-Feb-1943	Inspector of Concentration Camps

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carl Bosch	Chemist	27-Aug-1874	26-Apr-1940	Chairman of I. G. Farben

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carl Bosch	Chemist	27-Aug-1874	26-Apr-1940	Chairman of I. G. Farben
Max M. Warburg	Business	5-Jun-1867	26-Dec-1946	M. M. Warburg & Company

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kurt Alder	Chemist	10-Jul-1902	20-Jun-1958	Diels-Alder Reaction

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