What is dehomag?
The word denomag was an acronym for Deutsche Hollerith-Maschinen Gesellschaft mbH (English: German Hollerith Machines LLC). It was an IBM subsidiary which produced punch card technology used by the Nazi's in their pre WWII census, listing Jews and Gypsies. This IBM's technology helped facilitate Nazi genocide through generation and tabulation of punch cards based upon national census data.
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klmilles
DannyBoy, yes, they were. For more information: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ibm-and-quot-death-s-calculator-quot
Debbie Harrison Weber
I do not know the answer
arthurherrforth
c newsome, what about the proof readers/editors?!
Janice Lea Vanlandingham
You should give every one this point. The object of the question and the answer have two different spelling.
Denise Bellamy
Denomag or Dehomag - the question has one spelling & the answer a different one!
c newsome
So is it dehomag or denomag? Apparently, you are uncertain. Get your s*** together if you're going to pose questions.
Alan Waites
got it right chiefly cos I didn't think the other answers were viable. So the Nazi's used computers to great benefit, sad to read
Joanne Serin
Why the coffee mug?
WomanofSubstance
Derrick Johnston, yes! And why the coffee mug?
Louise C.
I would say that the fact that there is a picture of a mug would put people off the real answer.
Janette Will
No idea.
Arno Janssen
Grant McIntosh, You may know it better under the name Hollerith...
Grant McIntosh
I worked for IBM, and have never heard of dehomag.
Johnny Rock
Certainly any subsidiary even if its an acronym would be capitalized.
Noreen Kelly
Well, I got it wrong as well. Interesting I once worked for some physicists and we relied heavily upon IBM as we calculated our hydrogen events by entering them through that system and ironically 80% of our overseers were Jewish! Hearing that IBM was instrumental in such a capacity is shocking to say the least!
ninakamwene
Vey lucky guess