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Degussa

German chemical company

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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 20, 2025
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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...