When U.S. law made such direct contact illegal, IBM's Swiss office became the nexus, providing the New York office continuous information and credible deniability. Make no mistake. To think otherwise is more than wrong. The Holocaust would have proceeded and often did proceed with simple bullets, death marches, and massacres based on pen and paper persecution. But there is reason to examine the fantastical numbers Hitler achieved in murdering so many millions so swiftly, and identify the crucial role of automation and technology.
Accountability is needed.
Excerpted from the introduction of IBM and the Holocaust .