Gas van

From Free net encyclopedia

The gas van was an extermination method devised by the Nazis to kill their victims during World War II.

It was a vehicle with an air-tight compartment for victims into which exhaust fumes were transmitted while the engine was running. As a result the victims were gassed with carbon monoxide, resulting in death by the combined effects of carbon monoxide poisoning and suffocation.

Gas vans were used, particularly at Chełmno, until gas chambers were developed as a more efficient method for murdering large numbers of people.

See also

• The Holocaust
• Operation Reinhard

Sources

• The Development of the Gas-Van from the Jewish Virtual Library

External Links

• Gas Vans

Template:WWII-stub

is:Gasbíllinn sv:Gasvagn