The Gypsy International Recognition and Compensation Action is a

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organization seeking justice on behalf of the

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(Gypsies) for the crimes of the Porajmos. In 2002, it filed suit against

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for IBM's involvement with

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s. The suit was filed after author

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provided documentation in his book ''

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'' that IBM machines were tailored for the Nazis to track their victims, including

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. In 2006, the Swiss Supreme Court judges dismissed the lawsuit because too much time had elapsed. An earlier Swiss court said the charges against IBM were likely to be sustained.

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