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Article

8 Jul 2004

Author:
Professor Anita Ramasastry, FindLaw columnist, special to CNN.com

A Swiss court allows Gypsies' Holocaust lawsuit to proceed Case questions role of corporate giant IBM in World War II

In late June, a Swiss appeals court decided that a group of five Gypsies could sue IBM in Switzerland...The Gypsies allege that IBM had a role in facilitating the Holocaust. Specifically, they allege that IBM helped the Nazis commit mass murder, by providing them with punch card machines and computer technology that resulted in the coding, tracking and killing of Gypsies.