- Zyklon B - Wikipedia
Research at Degesch of Germany led to the development of Zyklon (later known as Zyklon A), a pesticide that released hydrogen cyanide upon exposure to water and heat
- The Horror of Gas Chamber Poison Zyklon B - ThoughtCo
Beginning in September 1941, Zyklon B, the brand name for hydrogen cyanide (HCN), was the poison used to kill at least a million people in gas chambers at Nazi concentration and death camps such as Auschwitz and Majdanek, both in Poland
- Zyklon-B | Description, Manufacturer, Facts | Britannica
Zyklon-B, brand name for a hydrogen cyanide–based chemical compound initially created as a pesticide and rodenticide in the early 1920s in Germany Zyklon-B is a carrier for the gas hydrogen cyanide (HCN); a solution of HCN in water is called hydrocyanic acid or prussic acid
- Dangers of Zyklon B Gas: The Lethal Gas of the Holocaust
More than one million people, mostly Jews, were murdered with Zyklon B in sealed gas chambers across Nazi extermination camps, particularly at Auschwitz-Birkenau Its use marked a turning point in the Nazi regime's drive to industrialize mass murder
- How an ordinary pesticide became the Nazis most deadly killer in the . . .
The notorious product known as Zyklon B originally began as a pesticide that chemists designed it for pest control in commercial and agricultural storage spaces However, only a few years later, the Nazis turned it into the most deadly chemical weapon used in the Holocaust
- Zyklon B - Holocaust Encyclopedia
To this day, 100 years after its invention, Zyklon B continues to play a role in the battle against pests Evaporation rate of hydrogen cyanide from the Erco carrier material (gypsum with some starch) at various temperatures, low relative humidity and fine distribution
- zyklon B Stop denial Auschwitz-Birkenau
All the collected documents show that Zyklon B was used in Auschwitz concentration camp both for disinfection as well as for mass extermination of people in gas chambers
- Zyklon B
Zyklon B is the commercial name of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) Originally, the Germans used carbon monoxide in gas vans and in sealed rooms, such as at Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka
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