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Degesch

German company, owned by Degussa AG and IG. Farben, supplied Zyklon B to Nazi SS for Holocaust

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Jan 27, 2026
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How did Zyklon B chemically kill people and what are its active components?

was a commercial pesticide whose lethal agent was (HCN); in pellet form it released HCN gas when exposed to air, killing by blocking cellular respiration at the mitochondrial level and rapidly deprivi...

Dec 15, 2025
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How were Zyklon B and carbon monoxide deployed operationally in Nazi gas chambers?

Nazi killing operations used two distinct methods: hydrogen cyanide in Zyklon B pellets dropped into sealed chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau and other camps, and carbon monoxide delivered either from en...

Dec 20, 2025
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What specific documents in the Nuremberg IG Farben trial record list Zyklon B sales or delivery invoices to Auschwitz?

The public record of the IG Farben trial contains trial rolls, Law Reports and captured‑records microfilm that researchers point to when looking for documentary evidence of Zyklon B shipments to Ausch...

Dec 20, 2025

What archival evidence links private chemical firms and IG Farben to Zyklon B deliveries to camps?

Archival records and postwar trial documents establish that Zyklon B was manufactured and marketed by firms connected to IG Farben—principally through the pesticide company Degesch, in which IG Farben...

Dec 20, 2025

What documents and testimony in the Bruno Tesch Zyklon‑B trial detail sales to Auschwitz and how do they differ from IG Farben records?

The Bruno Tesch trial record contains contemporaneous company statements, witness testimony from firm employees and SS personnel, and bookkeeping evidence documenting large consignments of Zyklon‑B se...