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Under what conditions was Zyklon B developed?

  • During World War II

  • In Fritz Haber's laboratory

  • Without Fritz Haber's direct involvement

  • As part of a Soviet Union project

Answer

Zyklon B was developed without Fritz Haber's direct involvement. It was a cyanide-based pesticide developed by the German company Degesch in the early 1920s. The company originally marketed Zyklon B as a means of pest control, but it was later used by the Nazis to murder millions of people in concentration camps during the Holocaust.
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