What are the symptoms of Zyklon B?
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- What are the symptoms of Zyklon B?
- Who invented Zyklon B?
- How does Zyklon B smell like?
- What color is Zyklon B?
- Is the boy in the striped pajamas a true story?
- What happened Hermann Haber?
- What poison smells like cherries?
- What poison smells like licorice?
- Where is Auschwitz?
- What happened to Anne Frank?
What are the symptoms of Zyklon B?
Hydrogen cyanide (alias of Zyklon B)
- CNS - Initial signs and symptoms especially with lower dose exposures are nonspecific and include excitement, dizziness, nausea and vomiting, headache and weakness. ...
- Cardiovascular - Arrhythmias can occur in cases of severe poisoning.
Who invented Zyklon B?
Fritz Haber: Jewish chemist whose work led to Zyklon B. It has been claimed that as many as two out of five humans on the planet today owe their existence to the discoveries made by one brilliant German chemist.
How does Zyklon B smell like?
The insecticide Zyklon B contained hydrogen cyanide and was used by the Germans in the Holocaust. Cyanide was used in the United States to execute prisoners in the gas chamber from 19. Cyanide at its deadliest, is a colorless gas with a bitter almond odor detectable by certain people.
What color is Zyklon B?
Prussian blue The color is also linked to the extermination of European Jewry in World War II: the pesticide employed by the Nazis in the gas chambers, Zyklon B, left traces on some of the walls when its lethal compound chemically mutated into Prussian blue residues.
Is the boy in the striped pajamas a true story?
"It's not based on a true story, but it is a fact that the commandant at Auschwitz did bring his family, including his five children, to live near the camp," Boyne said. "It seemed just the right way to tell the story from this German perspective.
What happened Hermann Haber?
He accepted, and left for the Middle East in January 1934, travelling with his half-sister, Else Haber Freyhahn. His ill health overpowered him and on 29 January 1934, at the age of 65, he died of heart failure, mid-journey, in a Basel hotel.
What poison smells like cherries?
The skin of a cyanide-poisoned person can sometimes be unusually pink or cherry-red because oxygen will stay in the blood and not get into the cells.
What poison smells like licorice?
4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM) is an alicyclic alcohol that commonly exists as a mixture of trans (shown) and cis isomers. It is a colorless liquid that smells like mint or licorice. It is toxic to animals and humans, if it is breathed, swallowed, or allowed to come into contact with skin.
Where is Auschwitz?
southern Poland Located near the industrial town of Oświęcim in southern Poland (in a portion of the country that was annexed by Germany at the beginning of World War II), Auschwitz was actually three camps in one: a prison camp, an extermination camp, and a slave-labour camp.
What happened to Anne Frank?
Anne dies from exhaustion in Bergen-Belsen The conditions in Bergen-Belsen were horrible too. There was a lack of food, it was cold, wet and there were contagious diseases. Anne and Margot contracted typhus. In February 1945 they both died owing to its effects, Margot first, Anne shortly afterwards.