@_elena@mastodon.social Nazis used similar data collection exercises like these to identify & round up dissidents, political opponents, and ethnic minorities, including Jews, Roma, & Sinti. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/02/11/ibm-technology-aided-holocaust-author-alleges/6addc414-ecee-4058-bea6-7f4708912d6f/ https://archive.is/0wYfb https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ibm-holocaust_b_1301691/amp https://kottke.org/19/10/how-ibms-technology-powered-the-holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust