IBM's Thomas Watson Receives Nazi Merit Cross of the German Eagle as IBM Profits from Punch Card Technology
IBM Chairman Thomas J. Watson receives the Merit Cross of the German Eagle with Star from Adolf Hitler in June 1937 while serving as President of the International Chamber of Commerce, becoming the first American honored by Hitler with this special award created to “honor foreign nationals who …
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Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen GmbH (Dehomag)
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