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Zyklon B (German pronunciation: [tsykloːn ˈbeː]; /ˈzaɪklɒn ˈbiː/) was the trade name of a cyanide-based pesticide invented in Germany in the early 1920s. It consisted of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid), a warning eye irritant, and one of several adsorbents such as diatomaceous earth. The product is infamous for its use by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust to murder a million people in gas chambers installed at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, and other extermination camps.
Hydrogen cyanide, a poisonous gas that interferes with cellular respiration, was first used as a pesticide in California in the 1880s. Research at Degesch of Germany led to the development of Zyklon A, a pesticide which released hydrogen cyanide upon exposure to water and heat. It was banned after a similar product was used by Germany as a chemical weapon in World War I. In 1922, Degesch was purchased by Degussa, where a team of chemists that included Walter Heerdt and Bruno Tesch developed a method of packaging hydrogen cyanide in sealed canisters along with a warning irritant and adsorbent stabilizers. The new product was also named Zyklon, but it became known as Zyklon B to distinguish it from the earlier version. Uses included delousing clothing and disinfecting ships, warehouses, and trains.
In early 1942, Zyklon B emerged as the preferred killing tool of Nazi Germany for use in extermination camps during the Holocaust. The chemical claimed the lives of roughly a million people, most of whom died at Auschwitz. One of the co-inventors of Zyklon B, chemist and businessman Bruno Tesch, was executed in 1946 for knowingly selling the product to the SS for use on humans. Although the use of hydrogen cyanide has been banned or severely restricted in many countries, products similar to Zyklon B are still manufactured by Detia-Degesch (successor to Degesch) and by Adezin, a Czech firm.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B
Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)I know what it is. I am guessing more than a few here know what it is. So why the reminder?
PeaceNikki
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Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)There is "dark humor" and then there is "bottom of the barrel slime"; this was the latter!
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)I just read in another thread you got permission to use it.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Other times, it doesn't.
But it's good to know that I CAN use it now. .
Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)I am still waiting for fucking approval though!
zappaman
(20,606 posts)randome
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Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)The post was quite disgusting.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.
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Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)but it's Nevada, and California, and New Mexico, and Arizona, and Oregon, and Wyoming, and Mississippi, and Missouri, and North Carolina, that formerly used something similar for executions. The Nazis got the idea of using gas chambers for executions from the USA. Along with a lot of their ideas about eugenics.
reddread
(6,896 posts)please teach me your secrets.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
mylye2222
(2,992 posts)has a copy of himself over here..... Despicable to joke on something that killed millions during the Holocaust