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Gassing turned out to be the easiest way to kill large numbers of victims quickly. Previously, they had relied on mass, open-air shootings, which took longer and sometimes made the killers vomit.

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Because, It was more effective and cheaper than just shooting them dead and the shootings did cause some SS officers to go mad and commit suicide.

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Gas chambers were used as an efficient way to kill lots of prisoners at once.

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Before that, they machine-gunned the victims, but the Nazis wanted 'industrial, assembly-line' efficiency.

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because it was an efficient delivery system to murder large numbers with limited contact between murderer and victim

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They used it simply to decrease the size of the Jewish population. They told them that they were to have a shower but in fact they were tricking them to their deaths...Hope this helps ;) xxx

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