Photos: Majdanek Death Camp Gas Chamber Building

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	Inmates selected for gassing were given showers first. The Nazis discovered that Zyclon B gas, an insecticide, was more effective on warm, moist bodies.
	Hallway leading away from the undressing area inside the gas chamber building.
	Shower room interior.
	Shower room interior.
	Shower room interior.
	Shower room interior.
	Detail of shower room where prisoners showered before going into the gas chambers.
	Concrete bath tubs where prisoners could quickly bathe.
	Interior of one of several gas chambers within the building. Both carbon monoxide and Zyclon B were used to murder prisoners in the gas chambers. Zyclon B replaced the carbon monoxide because it worked more quickly on warm moist bodies.
	Interior of one of the gas chambers. Guards released Zyclon B pellets into the room through the openings in the ceiling.
	Looking up at the opening in the ceiling through which Zyclon B pellets were released into the room full of prisoners.
	Blue coloring on the concrete walls indicates the residue from the Zyclon B pellets.
	Patched holes in the stucco walls of the gas chamber.
	The blue coloringis a residue from the Zyclon B pellets.
	Wall of one of the gas chambers.
	Nail marks from prisoners are visible in the plaster wall.
	Interior of one of several gas chambers in the building. The blue residue of Zyclon B is visible on the ceiling of the room. Three locks are on the door.
	Door into one of the gas chambers. A peep hole is visible on the door.
	Interior of the gas chamber building.
	Interior of the gas chamber building.
	Interior of the gas chamber building.
	Interior of the gas chamber building.
	Interior of the gas chamber building.
	Interior of one of the gas chambers.
	Interior of one of the gas chambers.
	Gas chamber door with three locks.
	Door to a gas chamber.
	Closeup of the peep hole in a gas chamber door.
	Closeup of the peep hole in a gas chamber door.
	Closeup of the peep hole in a gas chamber door.
	Sign indicating that carbon monoxide gassing took 40 minutes and Zyclon B pellets took 10 minutes to kill the prisoners.
	Sign indicating that this area was used by the SS-officials.
	Peep holethrough which camp officials watched the gassing of prisoners.
	Zyclon B containers found at the camp. The pellets were released from the ceiling into rooms of prisoners.
	Outside a gas chamber door.
	Exterior door with iron locks and a peep hole.
	Closeup of the hinge on the door to a gas chamber.
	Outside the gas chamber building.
	Outside the gas chamber building.
	Outside the gas chamber building.

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