Degesch
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Degesch was a German chemical company best known for producing the pesticide Zyklon B, which was infamously used in Nazi extermination camps during the Holocaust.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German company
ⓘ
chemical company ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Nazi genocide operations ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Holocaust perpetrators’ supply chain ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegime | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| hasConnotation | symbol of industrialized mass murder ⓘ |
| hasMoralAssessment | complicity in crimes against humanity ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | Holocaust ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| industry | chemical industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | production of Zyklon B ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfProductUse | war crime ⓘ |
| notableProduct | Zyklon B ⓘ |
| productActiveUseContext |
mass murder of Jews
ⓘ
mass murder of other victims in concentration camps ⓘ |
| productForm | hydrogen cyanide-based pesticide ⓘ |
| productOriginalPurpose |
fumigation
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pest control ⓘ |
| productType |
insecticide
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pesticide ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | supplier of Zyklon B to Nazi authorities ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research on corporate complicity in the Holocaust
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war crimes investigations after World War II ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Nazi camp system
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surface form:
Nazi extermination camps
|
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