TY - JOUR
AU - Huisman, Wim
AB - 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.
TI - The Oven Builders Of The Holocaust
JF - The British Journal of Criminology
DO - 10.1093/bjc/azs044
DA - 2012-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-oven-builders-of-the-holocaust-6QLfTbPbcE
SP - 1033
EP - 1050
VL - 52
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -