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It's actually hard to get humans to kill other humans with intent and close-up, as can be seen in various examples over history. To kill a few million Humans in

It's actually hard to get humans to kill other humans with intent and close-up, as can be seen in various examples over history. To kill a few million Humans in short time, shooting was no option. The gas chambers were not much more efficient, but the murderers didn't have to look their victims in the eyes. They were not forced to recognize them as Humans. The story about US and native Americans was completely different. Most deaths occurred from disease and circumstances brought on by settlers and colonists. Many other native Americans were killed while raiding white settlers, or in retribution for raids. It's easier to kill a human being when he is trying to kill you. A lot of harm has been done to native Americans, but the scale, motives and methods were completely different.

gurkendoktor 13y ago
> The gas chambers were not much more efficient, but the murderers didn't have to look their victims in the eyes. They were not forced to recognize them as Humans. But couldn't they still hear them scream, and had to clean up the corpses? I am German and I have never understood why they used Cyclon B. Maybe I just suck at understanding chemical weapons, but it took up to 20 minutes to kill a room full of people, is that even faster then letting them suffocate? Not safe for sanity, but source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B#Use_on_humans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B#Use_on_humans
- MichaelAza 13y ago
  Could they hear them scream? Depends on the gas chamber in question. In Majdanek, the gas chamber had a viewing port for the operators. In Auschwitz, it was an underground bunker. Did they have to clean up the corpses? Nope, that's what the Sonderkommando were for. Jewish prisoners who cleaned up the corpses and operated the crematoriums. Why they used Zyklon B - god only knows, but they didn't use just Zyklon B. They also used carbon monoxide and car exhaust gas quite frequently (mainly on the eastern front and early on in the war)
- bayesianhorse 13y ago
  I still don't believe it is harder than shooting from a human point of view. In World War I there are several accounts of soldiers being trained to kill, put in a situation were an enemy is shooting at them, and they still can't pull the trigger.

gurkendoktor 13y ago

> The gas chambers were not much more efficient, but the murderers didn't have to look their victims in the eyes. They were not forced to recognize them as Humans. But couldn't they still hear them scream, and had to clean up the corpses? I am German and I have never understood why they used Cyclon B. Maybe I just suck at understanding chemical weapons, but it took up to 20 minutes to kill a room full of people, is that even faster then letting them suffocate? Not safe for sanity, but source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B#Use_on_humans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zyklon_B#Use_on_humans

MichaelAza 13y ago
Could they hear them scream? Depends on the gas chamber in question. In Majdanek, the gas chamber had a viewing port for the operators. In Auschwitz, it was an underground bunker. Did they have to clean up the corpses? Nope, that's what the Sonderkommando were for. Jewish prisoners who cleaned up the corpses and operated the crematoriums. Why they used Zyklon B - god only knows, but they didn't use just Zyklon B. They also used carbon monoxide and car exhaust gas quite frequently (mainly on the eastern front and early on in the war)
bayesianhorse 13y ago
I still don't believe it is harder than shooting from a human point of view. In World War I there are several accounts of soldiers being trained to kill, put in a situation were an enemy is shooting at them, and they still can't pull the trigger.