Gas chamber: Difference between revisions

A '''gas chamber''' is an apparatus for killing humans or animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison poisonous] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphyxiant_gas asphyxiant gas] is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_cyanide hydrogen cyanide]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide carbon dioxide] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide carbon monoxide] have also been used. Gas chambers were used as a method of execution for condemned prisoners in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States] beginning in the 1920s. During [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust the Holocaust], large-scale gas chambers designed for mass killing were used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany Nazi Germany] as part of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide genocide] program, and also by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia Independent State of Croatia] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp Jasenovac concentration camp].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_chamber#cite_note-1 [1]]</sup> The use of gas chambers has also been reported in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea North Korea].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_chamber#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup>