According to “The Guardian”, the American state of Arizona spent $ 2,000 to buy the chemicals needed to make hydrogen cyanide, the deadly gas – Zyklon B – used by the Nazis, especially in the camp of ‘Auschwitz, during the last world war. The authorities intend to use it for executions.
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Since 2014, the killing of prisoners has been suspended, following the scandal sparked by the atrocious death of James Wood, who died more than two hours after his injection.
Those on death row in Arizona will soon be able to choose between lethal injection or death by gas. Work was therefore carried out to refurbish the gas chambers.
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“How does Arizona think that in 2021 it is okay to execute people in a gas chamber with Zyklon B?” Did they ask someone to study the history of the Holocaust? ”Said Robert Dunham, director of the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Zyklon B was widely used by the Nazis in their extermination camps. According to the Auschwitz National Museum, there have been at least a million Jews gassed this way.
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