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It suffocated them relatively slowly. It was horrible. But isn't cold-blooded murder always horrible?

Note: Zyklon B has this effect on all people, not "just Jews".

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Zyklon B was the trade name under which hydrocyanic acid was sold to the SS. It is a poison (cyanide): it does not 'suffocate' people.

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