The Oven Builders Of The Holocaust

A Case Study of Corporate Complicity in International Crimes

Bibliographic Data

ID8399822
AuthorsAnnika van Baar (0000-0002-6151-3139), Wim Huisman (0000-0002-6594-1536, Institute of Criminology, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume52
Issue6
Pages1033-1050
Publication date2012-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azs044
OpenAlexW2100307880
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited14

Corporate complicity in international crimes is a largely neglected phenomenon that exists on the border of the criminological study of international crimes and the study of corporate crime. In this article, the German corporation Topf & Söhne is analysed as a case study of corporate involvement in international crimes. Topf built the cremation ovens for various concentration and extermination camps in Nazi Germany. It is clear that existing explanations of corporate crime such as the urge to survive, competition between sub-units, corporate culture, normalization and neutralization are applicable. However, the extraordinary circumstances of the Nazi regime had a crucial influence on the motivations, opportunity and lack of control that caused Topf’s involvement in the Holocaust.

Complicity · Corporate crime · Corporation · Criminology · German · International law · Nazism · Normalization (sociology) · Political science · Social science · Sociology · The Holocaust · War crime · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · History · Law · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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