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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
Zyklon B: An Insecticide Becomes a Means for Mass Murder In 1920, using the brand name “Zyklon,” Degesch obtained a patent for a non-volatile chemical derivative, which was provided with a warning odorant (a bromoacetic ester) for use in agriculture, because it was so dangerous
The History Place - Holocaust Timeline: Zyklon-B During the killing process, prisoners at Auschwitz and other killing centers were forced into the air-tight chambers that had been disguised by the Nazis to look like shower rooms The Zyklon pellets were then dumped into the chambers via special air shafts or openings in the ceiling