Although many methods are said to have been used by the Nazis to murder people in gas chambers, hydrogen cyanide in the form of Zyklon B is one of the most frequently referred to poisons claimed to have been used to this end. The contributions here deal with these Zyklon B-operated homicidal gas chambers in camps such as Auschwitz, Birkenau, Stutthof, Majdanek, Dachau and other places.
By Friedrich Paul Berg ∙ October 1, 1996
On The Learning Channel on American television, some recent programs have described in graphic detail the horrible execution of one prisoner, David Lawson, who had refused to help his executioners.[1] Lawson was executed on June 15, 1994 in Raleigh, North Carolina. In one of the last executions by gas, Lawson repeatedly held his breath for…
By Paul Grubach ∙ December 1, 1992
In early 1988, American execution hardware expert Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., carried out the first-ever forensic investigation of the alleged extermination gas chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek. His sensational conclusion – that these structures were never used as gas chambers to kill people – set off an international controversy that is still continuing. In…
By Germar Rudolf ∙ January 1, 1993
1. Introduction Prior to the Leuchter Report[1] no scientific studies of any significance had ever been conducted about the homicidal 'gas chambers'[2] of Auschwitz and Majdanek, which is astonishing in view of the importance of the topic. Even in the great Auschwitz Trial in Frankfurt in the mid-1960s, the expert reports that were commissioned had…
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