A black-and-white image of empty Zyklon B canisters, used in gas chambers at Auschwitz. Buildings are visible through a window's reflection.

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   Empty canisters of Zyklon B.
   Auschwitz I. Block 4.

   Zyklon B was a pesticide produced by the Degesch company. It was initially designated for eradicating insects, such as lice.

   From late 1941, Zyklon B was also used at Auschwitz to murder people in gas chambers, overwhelmingly Jews who were deported within the extermination program planned by Nazi Germany, but also small groups of prisoners: Polish, Soviet POWs, or Roma and Sinti.

   (Photo: https://instagram.com/abbs55)