Date of Award
Spring 1969
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Associate of Arts
Department
History
Abstract
The activities of I. G. Farbenindustrie in the United
States afforded Americans the opportunity to observe Third
Reich activities as they existed in pre-war America. This preview
of Naziism in America helped unite popular opinion against
Hitler. It is the purpose of this paper to point out the origins
of such a system in this country, the conditions which nurtured
its growth, characteristics of the system, and the steps which
lead to the collapse of the system. The lack of a detai]ed and
determined policy by the Germans prevented their utilization of
I. G. Farbenindustrie to its upmost strategic value in the area
of economic warfare. America, on the other hand, lacked a
determined policy to deal with the German menace and had the
Germans been able to follow a directed policy, it would have
been harder for the U.S. to remove them from a strengthened
position at a later date.
Recommended Citation
Neubauer, William C., "Activities of I.G. Farbenindustrie in the United States, 1929 until March 11, 1942" (1969). Honors Theses. 302.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/302