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Johann Kremer
German professor, physician and war criminal
Johann Paul Kremer (26 December – 8 January ) was a German professor, physician and war criminal.
He was a professor of anatomy and human genetics at Münster University who joined the Wehrmacht on May 20, He served in the SS in the Auschwitz concentration camp as a physician from 30 August to 18 November A member of the NSDAP, he was involved in Nazi human experimentation on the prisoners of Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was sentenced to death in the Auschwitz Trial, but this sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. He was released in
Life prior to Auschwitz
[edit]Kremer was born in Stellberg. He studied in Heidelberg, Strassburg as well as Berlin; he received his philosophy degree in and his medical degree in He also studied natural science and mathematics. He was the assistant surgeon at the surgical clinic of the University, Charité, the ward of internal diseases of the Municipal Hospital Berlin-Neukölln, t
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Zyklon B
Pesticide notorious for its use during the Holocaust
"Zyklon-B" redirects here. For the band, see Zyklon-B (band).
Zyklon B (German:[tsyˈkloːnˈbeː]ⓘ; translated Cyclone B) was the trade name of a cyanide-based pesticide invented in Germany in the early s. It consists of hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid), as well as a cautionary eye irritant and one of several adsorbents such as diatomaceous earth. The product is notorious for its use by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust to murder approximately million people in gas chambers installed at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, and other extermination camps.[a]
Hydrogen cyanide, a poisonous gas that interferes with cellular respiration, was first used as a pesticide in California in the s. Research at Degesch of Germany led to the development of Zyklon (later known as Zyklon A), a pesticide that released hydrogen cyanide upon exposure to water and heat. It was banned after World War I, when Germany