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Zyklon B (German: [tsyˈkloːn ˈbeː] ⓘ; translated Cyclone B) was the trade name of a cyanide-based pesticide invented in Germany in the early 1920s. It consists of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid), as well as a cautionary eye irritant and one of several adsorbents such as diatomaceous earth .
Over 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis using Zyklon B. [1] Following the end of World War II , he was arrested by British occupation authorities, tried as a war criminal, and executed. Tesch and his deputy executive, Karl Weinbacher , were the only businessmen to be executed for their role in Nazi war crimes in Western Europe.
Zyklon B pesticide production used for executions in gas chambers. One of its subsidiaries, the firm Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung—shortened to Degesch—sold Zyklon B to both the German Army and the Schutzstaffel (SS) for use in industrial style murder. [45] Dehomag (former subsidiary of IBM) [46] [page needed] [47] [48 ...
The company is perhaps best known for its role in producing the poison gas Zyklon B. One product crucial to the operations of the Wehrmacht was synthetic fuel, made from lignite using the coal liquefaction process. IG Farben scientists made fundamental contributions to all areas of chemistry.
In World War II, Degesch (42.5 per cent owned by IG Farben) was the trademark holder of Zyklon B, the poison gas used at some Nazi extermination camps. [1] IG Farben also developed processes for synthesizing gasoline and rubber from coal , and thereby contributed much to Germany's ability to wage a war despite having been cut off from all major ...
The Nazi officer made commandant of the concentration camp, ... Guards from the so-called "Hygienic Institute" would then drop powerful Zyklon-B gas pellets into the sealed chambers, and wait for ...
A can of Zyklon B with adsorbent granules and original signed documents detailing ordering of Zyklon B as "materials for Jewish resettlement" (on display at Auschwitz concentration camp museum) Tesch & Stabenow was founded in 1924 in Hamburg. [2] In 1925, the firm became the only distributor of Zyklon on behalf of Degesch east of the Elbe.
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