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.

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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
pest control
productType insecticide
pesticide
roleInHistory supplier of Zyklon B to Nazi authorities
subjectOf historical research on corporate complicity in the Holocaust
war crimes investigations after World War II
usedIn Nazi camp system
surface form: Nazi extermination camps

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Zyklon B developedBy Degesch