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Who initiated the use of pesticide Zyklon B in gas chambers?

  • Rudolf Höss

  • Adolf Eichmann

  • Heinrich Himmler

  • Karl Fritzsch

Answer

Karl Fritzsch was an SS officer and concentration camp commandant who was responsible for the initial use of the pesticide Zyklon B in gas chambers. Zyklon B was originally used to kill vermin in concentration camps, but it was later found to be effective at killing large numbers of people quickly and efficiently.
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