Writer, students push to rename BU school of engineering

Most know him as a pioneer and the CEO of IBM. But a best-selling author and historian believes there's a dark past to Thomas J. Watson.

In his 2001 book, Edwin Black claimed Watson and IBM, a company born in Endicott, actually assisted Nazi leader Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust. This included using IBM technology to conduct census reports, identify Jews and pinpoint their bank accounts for seizure.

"Who organized and organized this for IBM? None other than Thomas J. Watson himself," Black alleges. "He micromanaged it. He got a commission on every Jewish person persecuted; every gypsy; every homosexual."

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