# Cyclon B: From Pesticide to Genocide Weapon

Cyclon B, originally a pesticide, was repurposed by Nazis for mass murder in concentration camps.

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It is estimated that more than one million people, mostly Jews, were murdered in Auschwitz using hydrogen cyanide released from Cyclon B. [^1]

On September 3, 1941, Karl Fritzsch, a deputy camp commander, ordered a test of Cyclon B on approximately 600 Soviet prisoners of war and 250 sick Polish prisoners in Block 11 of Auschwitz I. [^2]

The pesticide Cyclon B was developed in the 1920s by German chemist Fritz Haber and his colleagues to protect agricultural crops from pests. [^3]

Nitrogen constitutes four-fifths of the Earth's atmosphere but is chemically unavailable to living organisms due to a strong triple bond between atoms. [^4]

Bruno Tesch and his partner Karl Weinbacher from the company Tesch & Stabenow were sentenced to death by a British military court in 1946 and executed for knowingly training SS personnel to apply lethal gas to humans. [^5]

German chemist Fritz Haber found a way to break down nitrogen bonds using high pressure and temperature, and Carl Bosch at BASF scaled the invention cheaply and safely. [^6]

Scientists have concluded through evolutionary analysis that symbiotic nitrogen fixation by plants arose a little over 100 million years ago. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. It is estimated that more than one million people, mostly Jews, were murdered in Auschwitz using hydrogen cyanide released from Cyclon B. (Reflex.cz, News)
2. On September 3, 1941, Karl Fritzsch, a deputy camp commander, ordered a test of Cyclon B on approximately 600 Soviet prisoners of war and 250 sick Polish prisoners in Block 11 of Auschwitz I. (Reflex.cz, News)
3. The pesticide Cyclon B was developed in the 1920s by German chemist Fritz Haber and his colleagues to protect agricultural crops from pests. (Reflex.cz, News)
4. Nitrogen constitutes four-fifths of the Earth's atmosphere but is chemically unavailable to living organisms due to a strong triple bond between atoms. (Hindustan Times, News)
5. Bruno Tesch and his partner Karl Weinbacher from the company Tesch & Stabenow were sentenced to death by a British military court in 1946 and executed for knowingly training SS personnel to apply lethal gas to humans. (Reflex.cz, News)
6. German chemist Fritz Haber found a way to break down nitrogen bonds using high pressure and temperature, and Carl Bosch at BASF scaled the invention cheaply and safely. (Hindustan Times, News)
7. Scientists have concluded through evolutionary analysis that symbiotic nitrogen fixation by plants arose a little over 100 million years ago. (Hindustan Times, News)

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