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The crematoria made for the mass killings and incineration in the Holocaust had to come from somewhere. The firm, Topf & Sohn (of Erfurt), were responsible for the machines that would soon help the Nazis burn the bodies of victims of the Holocaust. Ludwig Topf, CEO of the firm, committed suicide after being blamed for being an accessory in the crime claiming that he was under no fault and it was an injustice to be persecuted. His brother Ernst-Wolfgang did escape persecution and tried to restart the business which failed due to bankruptcy.

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