IBM faces new Nazi lawsuit
myITforum | at | by Rod
It seems that not only Microsoft is spending time in court.
A group representing Gypsy victims of the Holocaust has filed suit against IBM Corp., accusing it of complicity in Nazi atrocities. Gypsy International Recognition and Compensation Action (GIRCA) is suing in a Geneva court on behalf of five Gypsy survivors of the Holocaust, seeking an average of 20,000 Swiss francs (US$11,622) in compensation per victim.
The suit, the second of its kind in the last year, builds on claims published in the recent book "IBM and the Holocaust," by Edwin Black. The book charged that IBM and its subsidiaries leased and maintained the punchcard data-processing machines the Nazis used to categorize and track concentration camp victims, and that Big Blue was well aware of how its equipment was being used.