Discussion on Zyklon B and Its Uses

So the central question is here hydrogen cyanide the active ingredient in Zyklon B

reacts not only with people killing them but it reacts also with the masonry of

the buildings

Yeah so if there is

no coating on the walls that prevents the gas from seeping into

the walls it reacts with the rust iron oxide with the rust in the wall and turns

it into a blue pigment Zyklon B is originally an insecticide and has

been around since the 1920s and is used to

kill fleas lice rats mice any kind of

vermin basically Those chambers that were using the

Zyklon B for its original purpose of killing lice and fleas They are vectors

for diseases like typhus

and fleas of course It's the plague it's the most important The German authorities

were actually afraid that the plague may

break out Because they were shaping their heads and everything Right because lice

lay their eggs into the hair and you can kill

the lice relatively easily But the nits and the

eggs they are glued to the hair and the only way of getting rid of

those is basically by shaving So all inmates had to shave