Carl Krauch

He was an executive at BASF (later IG Farben); during World War II, he was chairman of the supervisory board.

He was a key implementer of the Reich's Four-Year Plan to achieve national economic self-sufficiency and promote industrial production.

He was Plenipotentiary of Special Issues in Chemical Production, a senator of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, and an honorary professor at the University of Berlin.

From 1936, Krauch was head of the Research and Development Department of the Amt für Deutsche Roh- und Werkstoffe.

[1][2][3] From 1938 to 1945, Krauch was Plenipotentiary of Special Issues in Chemical Production and a member of the board of the Reichsforschungsrat (RFR, Reich Research Council).

Carl Krauch during the Nuremberg Trial
IG Farben plant at Monowitz under construction approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Auschwitz , 1942
Concentration camp prisoners, identified by striped clothes at work in Monowitz