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Forms of Torture : Gas Chambers

Most gas chambers were used in concentration camps during World War II. It was the quickest way to kill.

The gas chambers were sometimes disguised to look like showers and disinfection areas. It was to prevent the panic of the many Jews that were sent there. Anyone that was seen to know where the Nazis were leading them or that looked like they would cause panic were sent around the chamber, whether it be a barn or building, and shot immediately. Once inside it was too late. The doors were locked tight and gas was poured in. After all the screams died down, the gas chamber was left to air out. Then the Nazi soldiers had to empty it by unloading the bodies. Other information on the camp gas chambers can be found [|here]

Some of the deads' remains were used as fertilizer, was sprinkled around the area, or put in river and lakes around camp. They were never given a proper burial. Relatives of the dead would never be able to find their remains. Most families would never be reunited after the war would end.

Some experts agree that it did happen but parts of it did not. One website called []. They say that there is no real proof that the Nazis ever used gas chambers. One reason is the buildings themselves. The documentary that you would want to find is impossible to find. There is no documentary of the gas chamber events. It also says that there are no photographs of corpses in the gas chmabers. The rooms that you look at don't look like gas chambers. WItness stories don't stand up to the examinations. So it is up for debate whether or not that gas chambers were real. The first gas chamber was invented because people in the U.S. were looking for a quicker way to kill criminals put to death. They didn't want anything that was deemed. It was invented by Major Delos A. Turner. It was invented so that a criminal could be punished quickly and effectively and without much struggle. Read about it [|here.]

How were the gas chambers disguised? Who invented the first gas chamber? Do experts think gas chambers were really used?