Frank Atwood, sentenced to death in 1987 for murder of an 8-year-old girl, is son of Jewish woman who fled Austria; local Jewish community unsuccessfully appeals use of Zyklon-B

Outlawed by the state in 1992, the toxic gas employed by the Nazis at Auschwitz can still be used on those sentenced before the ban; Jewish leaders call it 'cruel and barbarous'

Faced with shortage of lethal injection drugs, US state renovating its long-defunct gas chamber and buying chemicals to manufacture same gas used by Nazis in Auschwitz

Faced with shortage of lethal injection drugs, US state renovating its long-defunct gas chamber and buying chemicals to manufacture cyanide gas, better known as 'Zyklon B'

Australian platform removes cups, T-shirts, cellphone cases and postcards bearing the name of infamous chemical used by Nazis to murder millions in gas chambers