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    Zyklon B is a terrible thing, it killed more than 1 million people. It was used by the Nazi's to kill as many people as possible. The people killed were so innocent and did nothing to desire it. Some of the things about Zyklon B is the chemical was very poisonous, the people were tricked to going into the gas chambers, and this chemical is still used today.  Zyklon B came in the form of pellets. When the pellets were released into the air they would vaporize. They would have a blue tint to

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    Zyklon B is a deadly formula weapon that caused many deaths during World War 2. Zyklon B is made of cyanide and prussic acid, two very deadly ingredients. It was a poisonous powder that was put in the gas chambers that killed many Jewish prisoners. It was meant to be used as an cyanide-based pesticide, invented in Germany in the early 1920s. Zyklon B was an invention that was invented for a good purpose but turned out to be used as a deadly purpose. Zyklon B is made of Cyanide and

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    Zyklon B

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    called the Nazis. There leader was Adolf Hitler who blamed Germany’s problems on the Jews. The main method of killing was gassing. Gassing vans were used because carbon monoxide was projected into inside of van (holocaust-education.dk, ushmm.org). Zyklon B is used in pest control, but also in the holocaust, because it turns to a deadly gas when exposed to air (google.com). Gassing Chambers were rooms that were designed for killing Jews, Roma, and the disabled (holocaust-education.dk). In five of the

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    Zyklon B: Genocide

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    ordered the Nazis to round up the Jews and send them to concentration camps to be exterminated. The Nazis chose gas chambers as the method of extermination. One of the gases they chose was Zyklon-B. “Zyklon B was created in California in 1880 to be used as a pesticide to exterminate insects. In 1942, Zyklon-B emerged as the preferred killing tool of the Nazis for the concentration camps” (The History Place). This poison has a blue appearance both in the pellets and gas. The pellets vaporized and

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    Zyklon B Role In Ww2

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    from 1939-1945. Those of the Jewish faith were treated poorly during this horrible time. neutral and not fight in WWll. Zyklon B played a role in WWll or the Holocaust that took lives of millions of Jews and Gypsies. Zyklon B also know as gift gas, is a blue pallet produced in a crystal from. When Zyklon B is exposed to air it turns into a highly poisonous gas.To keep zyklon B pellets exposed to air, they stored them in a hermetically canisters.Nazis would ask prionserns to get undressed to take

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    Assignment 1 – The Atrocities of Zyklon B Since the Holocaust, nearly 70 years ago, the world has watched as similar catastrophes have occurred in various continents across the globe. Few, however, have been as far-reaching in their affliction, targeted in their hate or as determined in the systematic approach to crimes against humanity. The gays, roma, mentally handicapped and physically disabled were all victims of the Nazi regime, and the way in which those deemed ‘inferior’ were exterminated

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    Gas Chamber The gas chamber was a small confined room where jews were gassed with Zyklon B. The rooms were precisely 30 m long, 7 m wide, and 2.41 m high, giving a floor space of 210 m2. The ceiling consisted of about 22 cm reinforced concrete covered with 45 cm of earth. The gas chambers could hold up to about 2,000 jews in each one. The first gas chamber was built at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, and elsewhere. There were two ways the Germans used the gas chamber. There was one made of concrete

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    Over 70 years ago, one of, if not the, darkest and most evil events in human history began. Starting in 1941 and ending in 1945, up to about 11 million people (including 6 million Jews), who were deemed 'sub-human' by the Nazi regime of Germany, were systematically rounded up and exterminated by various means. These means included but were not limited to gas chambers, deliberate starving, and mass shootings carried out by paramilitary groups affiliated with the Nazis and SS (Schutzstaffel), such

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    during the Holocaust. The gas they used during the Holocaust was called Zyklon B. It was packed into pipes that would spray out of showers. Usually women and children were gassed and they were not told it was going to happen. Many people would be crowded into a room with many showerheads in it, being told they would be able to wash off. However, when the doors would close, the gas would begin to pour out of them into the air. Zyklon B reacts with the air, so everyone was killed after only a short amount

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    There were six different Nazi death camps, in which there were terrible living conditions, and harsh treatment. Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest, most killing, and most infamous of the camps. All these killings were made possible by the chemical Zyklon-B, and the specifically developed gassing chambers. Living Conditions The living conditions in the concentration camps were harsh and led people to their physical brink. They were ran by the Schutzstaffel (oftenly referred to as SS officers). These

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