well i wanted to know what kind of gas they used just because my class is reading it and they asked what kind of gas they used because wouldn't the people smell it when waiting to be put in the chambers?? j/w please help
2007-01-09 13:49:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
i really want to know!!! because this is very intresting to me
2007-01-09 13:53:25 · update #1
they did smell it. they didn't go in voluntarily. . . they were forced. people who tried escaping were shot dead on the spot.
The type of gas used in the Holocaust was usually hydrogen cyanide in a form called Zyklon B, but sometimes carbon monoxide (as internal combustion engine exhaust gas).
2007-01-09 13:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Various gases were used. Mustard gas was not uncommon. We learned a lot about the human bodies reactions to various poisons and nerve agents due to the Nazi's good records. I suggest that you don't study this in too great a detail. Wait until you are older. You won't like what you see and learn. Keep it simple for now. It is bad that people suffered and died. It is good that the data was recorded that people can be saved today. It is a sharp two edged sword. The same thing that kills will also provide healing. All tragedy can provide knowledge for the future. It is our responsibility to learn and apply that knowledge with wisdom and compassion.
2007-01-09 14:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were locked in at that point. What would they have done? The people in the camps were lied to repeatedly, told they were just showers, to get clean. And after all, it's not like they had a choice, if you had ten men pointing machine guns at YOU...what would you do?
http://www.deathcamps.org/gas_chambers/gas_chambers_intro.html
anyway, hydrogen monoxide, and ziklon B (?SPELLING) which was a type of cyanide if i remember correctly. Follow the link
2007-01-09 13:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I posted the website if the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. It is an incredible website with a lot of information. It was a horrific time in world history, and I can't begin to give you all the information here.
http://www.ushmm.org/
2007-01-09 13:59:08 · answer #4 · answered by bon b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Various gases were used. Look it up on the internet such as Wikipedia, or Google.This was a terrible time in world history.Why dont you ask your teacher for more info.
2007-01-09 14:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably used a form of cyanide as it is quick
2007-01-09 13:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by rallman@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i personally dont know from my memory but i know it is in a book called Tell Them We Remember. or something like it.
hopeihelpedâ¥
2007-01-09 14:05:33 · answer #7 · answered by gratzie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they used carbon monoxide
2007-01-09 14:04:51 · answer #8 · answered by bluewishing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋