Italy's new Deputy PM & Foreign Minister, Matteo Salvini, has announced plans for a registry of Roma people, to aid in deportation of non-citizens.
Hardly original.
Shortly after the Nazi Party came to power, they were faced with a specific challenge...
Hardly original.
Shortly after the Nazi Party came to power, they were faced with a specific challenge...
The Nazi Party came to power on a raft of virulently antisemitic propaganda that dehumanised and cast Jews as something to be cut and removed from Germany.
To do this in a meaningful way, existing data would have to be used. There was, however, no efficient way of accessing it.
To do this in a meaningful way, existing data would have to be used. There was, however, no efficient way of accessing it.
The Nazi Party turned to Dehomag, the German branch of IBM to help them track & trace Jews.
Their Hollerith machines, developed for the US Census in the 1890s, used punch cards to log specific data about individuals.
Their Hollerith machines, developed for the US Census in the 1890s, used punch cards to log specific data about individuals.
Not only could the Nazi Party transfer existing census data onto census cards, they could cross-check it against all sorts of other data.
This allowed the Nazi Party to not only record the numbers of Jews, but establish Jewish decent.
It only took hours.
This allowed the Nazi Party to not only record the numbers of Jews, but establish Jewish decent.
It only took hours.
You'd think that IBM would not want to have anything to do with providing machines to effectively hunt down human beings.
Guys, not only did they sell the Nazis machines, they specifically redesigned them to be even more fit for purpose.
Guys, not only did they sell the Nazis machines, they specifically redesigned them to be even more fit for purpose.
Not only could you track Jews using Dehomag's machines, you could make requests.
You could find Jewish university students, when laws passed to expel them.
You could quickly trace genealogy to forbid marriages between Jews & Gentiles.
You could easily track their wealth.
You could find Jewish university students, when laws passed to expel them.
You could quickly trace genealogy to forbid marriages between Jews & Gentiles.
You could easily track their wealth.
After Kristallnacht/November-Pogrom, and the deportations of Jews of Polish descent began, passport data and Dehomag machines meant that lists could be prepared quickly and efficiently.
They knew exactly how many they could crowd into each train bound for Poland.
They knew exactly how many they could crowd into each train bound for Poland.
When the Final Solution came into effect, not only did tracing Jews come easy, even in occupied nations, but logistics such as train schedules could be planned down to the minute.
Reduce each person to a number (tattoo it on them) - even easier.
Reduce each person to a number (tattoo it on them) - even easier.
Now, we know we're all tracked each day, appearing in a hundred different databases. I track my exact movements for a year or more.
However, when a government tells you it's going to use information to track & trace a population for the purposes of removing them?
Listen.
However, when a government tells you it's going to use information to track & trace a population for the purposes of removing them?
Listen.
