After the end of World War II, the Allies wanted to split up I.G. Farbenindustrie AG. In the 1950s, the corporation was decartelized into the three large founding firms: BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst. Until its final bankruptcy in 2003 and conversion to a foundation, the assignee, I.G. Farben i.L., was repeatedly confronted with claims for compensation by former forced laborers.