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	'''Bruno Emil Tesch''' (14 August 1890 – 16 May 1946) was a [[Germans\|German]] chemist and entrepreneur. He was the co-inventor of the insecticide [[Zyklon B]] with [[Gerhard Peters]] and [[Walter Heerdt]]. He was the owner of [[Tesch & Stabenow]] (called ''Testa''), a pest control company he cofounded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in [[Hamburg]], Germany, which was a major supplier of Zyklon B. He was executed in 1946 along with company manager Karl Weinbacher for allegedly knowingly being involved in [[the ~~Holocaust~~]].		'''Bruno Emil Tesch''' (14 August 1890 – 16 May 1946) was a [[Germans\|German]] chemist and entrepreneur. He was the co-inventor of the insecticide [[Zyklon B]] with [[Gerhard Peters]] and [[Walter Heerdt]]. He was the owner of [[Tesch & Stabenow]] (called ''Testa''), a pest control company he cofounded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in [[Hamburg]], Germany, which was a major supplier of Zyklon B. He was executed in 1946 along with company manager Karl Weinbacher for allegedly knowingly being involved in [[the Holohoax]].

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	Tesch was first interrogated in Hamburg by the ~~Jewish~~ Army Captain [[Walter Freud]], a grandson of [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1028861.ece Anton Freud Obituary]</ref> Freud was accompanied by Emil Sehn, a former Testa bookkeeper. Sehn had claimed to see a memorandum concerning correspondence between Tesch and a Wehrmacht officer about the use of Zyklon B to gas humans. He was arrested by the British occupation authorities on September 3, 1945, and released on October 1, 1945, only to be re-arrested a few days later on October 6.		Tesch was first interrogated in Hamburg by the jewish Army Captain [[Walter Freud]], a grandson of [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1028861.ece Anton Freud Obituary]</ref> Freud was accompanied by Emil Sehn, a former Testa bookkeeper. Sehn had claimed to see a memorandum concerning correspondence between Tesch and a Wehrmacht officer about the use of Zyklon B to gas humans. He was arrested by the British occupation authorities on September 3, 1945, and released on October 1, 1945, only to be re-arrested a few days later on October 6.

	Tesch was tried by a British military tribunal in the Curiohaus in Hamburg March 1–8, 1946, the ''Testa process''. His two co-defendants were procurist (registered general representative) [[Karl Weinbacher]] and [[Joachim Drosihn]], the firm’s first gassing technician.		Tesch was tried by a British military tribunal in the Curiohaus in Hamburg March 1–8, 1946, the ''Testa process''. His two co-defendants were procurist (registered general representative) [[Karl Weinbacher]] and [[Joachim Drosihn]], the firm’s first gassing technician.

	The Prosecution case claimed that -absurdly- [[Zyklon B]] was used for "systematically exterminating human beings to an estimated total of six million, of whom four and a half million were exterminated by the use of Zyklon B in one camp alone, known as [[Birkenau concentration camp\|Auschwitz/Birkenau]]".<ref>Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume I (1997) p. 94 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z-xlVF_5Hu8C&lpg=PA94&ots=op7Vx8ZZAo&dq=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million%2C%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone%2C%20known%20as%20Auschwitz%2FBirkenau.%22&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million,%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone,%20known%20as%20Auschwitz/Birkenau.%22&f=false]</ref> The witnesses of the prosecution were Emil Sehn, the former bookeeper of Tesch's company, who probably had personal antipathy against Tesch, [[Perry Broad]], a former SS-man, who gave false statements in order to protect himself, and a ~~Jew~~, Dr. Charles Sigismund Bendel, who gave absurd figures about the alleged mass-murder of ~~Jews~~, as ~~Jewish~~ professional witnesses usually did.		The Prosecution case claimed that -absurdly- [[Zyklon B]] was used for "systematically exterminating human beings to an estimated total of six million, of whom four and a half million were exterminated by the use of Zyklon B in one camp alone, known as [[Birkenau concentration camp\|Auschwitz/Birkenau]]".<ref>Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume I (1997) p. 94 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z-xlVF_5Hu8C&lpg=PA94&ots=op7Vx8ZZAo&dq=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million%2C%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone%2C%20known%20as%20Auschwitz%2FBirkenau.%22&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million,%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone,%20known%20as%20Auschwitz/Birkenau.%22&f=false]</ref> The witnesses of the prosecution were Emil Sehn, the former bookeeper of Tesch's company, who probably had personal antipathy against Tesch, [[Perry Broad]], a former SS-man, who gave false statements in order to protect himself, and a jew, Dr. Charles Sigismund Bendel, who gave absurd figures about the alleged mass-murder of jews, as jewish professional witnesses usually did.

	The charge was "at Hamburg, Germany, between 1st January, 1941, and 31st March, 1945, in violation of the laws and usages of war did supply poison gas used for the extermination of allied nationals interned in concentration camps well knowing that the said gas was to be so used" in violation of [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague04.asp#art46 Article 46] of the [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)\|Hague Convention of 1907]].<ref name="charge">{{cite web \| url = http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/zyklonb.htm#CHARGE \|		The charge was "at Hamburg, Germany, between 1st January, 1941, and 31st March, 1945, in violation of the laws and usages of war did supply poison gas used for the extermination of allied nationals interned in concentration camps well knowing that the said gas was to be so used" in violation of [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague04.asp#art46 Article 46] of the [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)\|Hague Convention of 1907]].<ref name="charge">{{cite web \| url = http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/zyklonb.htm#CHARGE \|

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	'''Bruno Emil Tesch''' (14 August 1890 – 16 May 1946) was a [[Germans\|German]] chemist and entrepreneur. He was ~~tbe~~ co-inventor of ~~tbe~~ insecticide [[Zyklon B]] with [[Gerhard Peters]] and [[Walter Heerdt]]. He was ~~tbe~~ owner of [[Tesch & Stabenow]] (called ''Testa''), a pest control company he cofounded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in [[Hamburg]], Germany, which was a major supplier of Zyklon B. He was executed in 1946 along with company manager Karl Weinbacher for allegedly knowingly being involved in [[the Holohoax]].		'''Bruno Emil Tesch''' (14 August 1890 – 16 May 1946) was a [[Germans\|German]] chemist and entrepreneur. He was the co-inventor of the insecticide [[Zyklon B]] with [[Gerhard Peters]] and [[Walter Heerdt]]. He was the owner of [[Tesch & Stabenow]] (called ''Testa''), a pest control company he cofounded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in [[Hamburg]], Germany, which was a major supplier of Zyklon B. He was executed in 1946 along with company manager Karl Weinbacher for allegedly knowingly being involved in [[the Holohoax]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	Tesch studied mathematics and physics for one semester in 1910 at ~~tbe~~ [[University of Göttingen]] before studying chemistry at ~~tbe~~ [[University of Berlin]], receiving his degree in 1914. He attained a position at [[Kaiser Wilhelm Institute]].		Tesch studied mathematics and physics for one semester in 1910 at the [[University of Göttingen]] before studying chemistry at the [[University of Berlin]], receiving his degree in 1914. He attained a position at [[Kaiser Wilhelm Institute]].

	Tesch along with fellow chemists Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, with ~~tbe~~ support of [[I.G. Farben]], began research into ~~tbe~~ use of [[hydrogen cyanide]] as a fumigating agent. They discovered a process in which ~~tbe~~ hydrogen cyanide could be manufactured and used in a solid form.<ref>Christianson, Scott. ''The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of ~~tbe~~ American Gas Chamber'', p. 166, ISBN 0-520-25562-3</ref>		Tesch along with fellow chemists Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, with the support of [[I.G. Farben]], began research into the use of [[hydrogen cyanide]] as a fumigating agent. They discovered a process in which the hydrogen cyanide could be manufactured and used in a solid form.<ref>Christianson, Scott. ''The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber'', p. 166, ISBN 0-520-25562-3</ref>

	The patent was assigned to [[Degesch]], "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH" (German Limited Company for Pest Control), subsidiary of IG Farben, with [[Walter Heerdt]] being ~~tbe~~ only one of ~~tbe~~ inventors to receive patent rights, a portion of ~~tbe~~ proceeds from ~~tbe~~ manufacture and sale. Peters joined Degesch and would become managing director during [[World War II]].		The patent was assigned to [[Degesch]], "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH" (German Limited Company for Pest Control), subsidiary of IG Farben, with [[Walter Heerdt]] being the only one of the inventors to receive patent rights, a portion of the proceeds from the manufacture and sale. Peters joined Degesch and would become managing director during [[World War II]].

	Degesch was designated by ~~tbe~~ German Government to set ~~tbe~~ safety rules and standards for ~~tbe~~ use of Zyklon B, and was given ~~tbe~~ authority to authorize shipments from ~~tbe~~ manufacturer to ~~tbe~~ customer after ~~tbe~~ strict criteria were met.		Degesch was designated by the German Government to set the safety rules and standards for the use of Zyklon B, and was given the authority to authorize shipments from the manufacturer to the customer after the strict criteria were met.

	Tesch & Stabenow did not manufacture Zyklon B nor any other chemicals. It was primarily a pest control company specializing in [[fumigation]] of commercial properties such as ~~tbe~~ warehouses and [[Cargo ship\|freighters]] in ~~tbe~~ [[Port of Hamburg]]. Zyklon B was produced by ''Dessauer Werke'' and ''Kaliwerke''.		Tesch & Stabenow did not manufacture Zyklon B nor any other chemicals. It was primarily a pest control company specializing in [[fumigation]] of commercial properties such as the warehouses and [[Cargo ship\|freighters]] in the [[Port of Hamburg]]. Zyklon B was produced by ''Dessauer Werke'' and ''Kaliwerke''.

	In 1925, Tesch & Stabenow - partly due to ~~tbe~~ largesse of Paul Haber of Degesch - received ~~tbe~~ exclusive rights to distribute ~~tbe~~ [[insecticide]] [[Zyklon B]] east of ~~tbe~~ [[Elbe]] River. In 1927 Stabenow departed from ~~tbe~~ firm. Tesch held a 45% share of ~~tbe~~ company and Degesch 55%. He would assume sole ownership of ~~tbe~~ company in 1942.		In 1925, Tesch & Stabenow - partly due to the largesse of Paul Haber of Degesch - received the exclusive rights to distribute the [[insecticide]] [[Zyklon B]] east of the [[Elbe]] River. In 1927 Stabenow departed from the firm. Tesch held a 45% share of the company and Degesch 55%. He would assume sole ownership of the company in 1942.

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	Tesch was first interrogated in Hamburg by ~~tbe~~ jewish Army Captain [[Walter Freud]], a grandson of [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1028861.ece Anton Freud Obituary]</ref> Freud was accompanied by Emil Sehn, a former Testa bookkeeper. Sehn had claimed to see a memorandum concerning correspondence between Tesch and a Wehrmacht officer about ~~tbe~~ use of Zyklon B to gas humans. He was arrested by ~~tbe~~ British occupation authorities on September 3, 1945, and released on October 1, 1945, only to be re-arrested a few days later on October 6.		Tesch was first interrogated in Hamburg by the jewish Army Captain [[Walter Freud]], a grandson of [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1028861.ece Anton Freud Obituary]</ref> Freud was accompanied by Emil Sehn, a former Testa bookkeeper. Sehn had claimed to see a memorandum concerning correspondence between Tesch and a Wehrmacht officer about the use of Zyklon B to gas humans. He was arrested by the British occupation authorities on September 3, 1945, and released on October 1, 1945, only to be re-arrested a few days later on October 6.

	Tesch was tried by a British military tribunal in ~~tbe~~ Curiohaus in Hamburg March 1–8, 1946, ~~tbe~~ ''Testa process''. His two co-defendants were procurist (registered general representative) [[Karl Weinbacher]] and [[Joachim Drosihn]], ~~tbe~~ firm’s first gassing technician.		Tesch was tried by a British military tribunal in the Curiohaus in Hamburg March 1–8, 1946, the ''Testa process''. His two co-defendants were procurist (registered general representative) [[Karl Weinbacher]] and [[Joachim Drosihn]], the firm’s first gassing technician.

	The Prosecution case claimed that -absurdly- [[Zyklon B]] was used for "systematically exterminating human beings to an estimated total of six million, of whom four and a half million were exterminated by ~~tbe~~ use of Zyklon B in one camp alone, known as [[Birkenau concentration camp\|Auschwitz/Birkenau]]".<ref>Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume I (1997) p. 94 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z-xlVF_5Hu8C&lpg=PA94&ots=op7Vx8ZZAo&dq=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million%2C%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone%2C%20known%20as%20Auschwitz%2FBirkenau.%22&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million,%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone,%20known%20as%20Auschwitz/Birkenau.%22&f=false]</ref> The witnesses of ~~tbe~~ prosecution were Emil Sehn, ~~tbe~~ former bookeeper of Tesch's company, who probably had personal antipathy against Tesch, [[Perry Broad]], a former SS-man, who gave false statements in order to protect himself, and a jew, Dr. Charles Sigismund Bendel, who gave absurd figures about ~~tbe~~ alleged mass-murder of jews, as jewish professional witnesses usually did.		The Prosecution case claimed that -absurdly- [[Zyklon B]] was used for "systematically exterminating human beings to an estimated total of six million, of whom four and a half million were exterminated by the use of Zyklon B in one camp alone, known as [[Birkenau concentration camp\|Auschwitz/Birkenau]]".<ref>Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume I (1997) p. 94 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z-xlVF_5Hu8C&lpg=PA94&ots=op7Vx8ZZAo&dq=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million%2C%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone%2C%20known%20as%20Auschwitz%2FBirkenau.%22&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million,%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone,%20known%20as%20Auschwitz/Birkenau.%22&f=false]</ref> The witnesses of the prosecution were Emil Sehn, the former bookeeper of Tesch's company, who probably had personal antipathy against Tesch, [[Perry Broad]], a former SS-man, who gave false statements in order to protect himself, and a jew, Dr. Charles Sigismund Bendel, who gave absurd figures about the alleged mass-murder of jews, as jewish professional witnesses usually did.

	The charge was "at Hamburg, Germany, between 1st January, 1941, and 31st March, 1945, in violation of ~~tbe~~ laws and usages of war did supply poison gas used for ~~tbe~~ extermination of allied nationals interned in concentration camps well knowing that ~~tbe~~ said gas was to be so used" in violation of [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague04.asp#art46 Article 46] of ~~tbe~~ [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)\|Hague Convention of 1907]].<ref name="charge">{{cite web \| url = http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/zyklonb.htm#CHARGE \|		The charge was "at Hamburg, Germany, between 1st January, 1941, and 31st March, 1945, in violation of the laws and usages of war did supply poison gas used for the extermination of allied nationals interned in concentration camps well knowing that the said gas was to be so used" in violation of [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague04.asp#art46 Article 46] of the [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)\|Hague Convention of 1907]].<ref name="charge">{{cite web \| url = http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/zyklonb.htm#CHARGE \|
	\| title = Trial of Bruno Tesch and two others, British Military Court, Hamburg 1-8 March 1946 \| work=University of ~~tbe~~ West of England \| accessdate=2010-09-05}}</ref> One of ~~tbe~~ witnesses called by ~~tbe~~ prosecution was SS [[Rottenführer]] [[Perry Broad]] who had worked in ~~tbe~~ political department in [[Auschwitz]] and after ~~tbe~~ war produced false wittness statements to save himself. Tesch and Weinbacher were condemned to death (for nothing in fact). Drosihn was acquitted.		\| title = Trial of Bruno Tesch and two others, British Military Court, Hamburg 1-8 March 1946 \| work=University of the West of England \| accessdate=2010-09-05}}</ref> One of the witnesses called by the prosecution was SS [[Rottenführer]] [[Perry Broad]] who had worked in the political department in [[Auschwitz]] and after the war produced false wittness statements to save himself. Tesch and Weinbacher were condemned to death (for nothing in fact). Drosihn was acquitted.

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	'''Bruno Emil Tesch''' (14 August 1890 – 16 May 1946) was a [[Germans\|German]] chemist and entrepreneur. He was ~~the~~ co-inventor of ~~the~~ insecticide [[Zyklon B]] with [[Gerhard Peters]] and [[Walter Heerdt]]. He was ~~the~~ owner of [[Tesch & Stabenow]] (called ''Testa''), a pest control company he cofounded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in [[Hamburg]], Germany, which was a major supplier of Zyklon B. He was executed in 1946 along with company manager Karl Weinbacher for allegedly knowingly being involved in [[the Holohoax]].		'''Bruno Emil Tesch''' (14 August 1890 – 16 May 1946) was a [[Germans\|German]] chemist and entrepreneur. He was tbe co-inventor of tbe insecticide [[Zyklon B]] with [[Gerhard Peters]] and [[Walter Heerdt]]. He was tbe owner of [[Tesch & Stabenow]] (called ''Testa''), a pest control company he cofounded in 1924 with Paul Stabenow in [[Hamburg]], Germany, which was a major supplier of Zyklon B. He was executed in 1946 along with company manager Karl Weinbacher for allegedly knowingly being involved in [[the Holohoax]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	Tesch studied mathematics and physics for one semester in 1910 at ~~the~~ [[University of Göttingen]] before studying chemistry at ~~the~~ [[University of Berlin]], receiving his degree in 1914. He attained a position at [[Kaiser Wilhelm Institute]].		Tesch studied mathematics and physics for one semester in 1910 at tbe [[University of Göttingen]] before studying chemistry at tbe [[University of Berlin]], receiving his degree in 1914. He attained a position at [[Kaiser Wilhelm Institute]].

	Tesch along with fellow chemists Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, with ~~the~~ support of [[I.G. Farben]], began research into ~~the~~ use of [[hydrogen cyanide]] as a fumigating agent. They discovered a process in which ~~the~~ hydrogen cyanide could be manufactured and used in a solid form.<ref>Christianson, Scott. ''The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of ~~the~~ American Gas Chamber'', p. 166, ISBN 0-520-25562-3</ref>		Tesch along with fellow chemists Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, with tbe support of [[I.G. Farben]], began research into tbe use of [[hydrogen cyanide]] as a fumigating agent. They discovered a process in which tbe hydrogen cyanide could be manufactured and used in a solid form.<ref>Christianson, Scott. ''The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of tbe American Gas Chamber'', p. 166, ISBN 0-520-25562-3</ref>

	The patent was assigned to [[Degesch]], "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH" (German Limited Company for Pest Control), subsidiary of IG Farben, with [[Walter Heerdt]] being ~~the~~ only one of ~~the~~ inventors to receive patent rights, a portion of ~~the~~ proceeds from ~~the~~ manufacture and sale. Peters joined Degesch and would become managing director during [[World War II]].		The patent was assigned to [[Degesch]], "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH" (German Limited Company for Pest Control), subsidiary of IG Farben, with [[Walter Heerdt]] being tbe only one of tbe inventors to receive patent rights, a portion of tbe proceeds from tbe manufacture and sale. Peters joined Degesch and would become managing director during [[World War II]].

	Degesch was designated by ~~the~~ German Government to set ~~the~~ safety rules and standards for ~~the~~ use of Zyklon B, and was given ~~the~~ authority to authorize shipments from ~~the~~ manufacturer to ~~the~~ customer after ~~the~~ strict criteria were met.		Degesch was designated by tbe German Government to set tbe safety rules and standards for tbe use of Zyklon B, and was given tbe authority to authorize shipments from tbe manufacturer to tbe customer after tbe strict criteria were met.

	Tesch & Stabenow did not manufacture Zyklon B nor any other chemicals. It was primarily a pest control company specializing in [[fumigation]] of commercial properties such as ~~the~~ warehouses and [[Cargo ship\|freighters]] in ~~the~~ [[Port of Hamburg]]. Zyklon B was produced by ''Dessauer Werke'' and ''Kaliwerke''.		Tesch & Stabenow did not manufacture Zyklon B nor any other chemicals. It was primarily a pest control company specializing in [[fumigation]] of commercial properties such as tbe warehouses and [[Cargo ship\|freighters]] in tbe [[Port of Hamburg]]. Zyklon B was produced by ''Dessauer Werke'' and ''Kaliwerke''.

	In 1925, Tesch & Stabenow - partly due to ~~the~~ largesse of Paul Haber of Degesch - received ~~the~~ exclusive rights to distribute ~~the~~ [[insecticide]] [[Zyklon B]] east of ~~the~~ [[Elbe]] River. In 1927 Stabenow departed from ~~the~~ firm. Tesch held a 45% share of ~~the~~ company and Degesch 55%. He would assume sole ownership of ~~the~~ company in 1942.		In 1925, Tesch & Stabenow - partly due to tbe largesse of Paul Haber of Degesch - received tbe exclusive rights to distribute tbe [[insecticide]] [[Zyklon B]] east of tbe [[Elbe]] River. In 1927 Stabenow departed from tbe firm. Tesch held a 45% share of tbe company and Degesch 55%. He would assume sole ownership of tbe company in 1942.

	===Arrest and trial===		===Arrest and trial===
	{{main\|Tesch trial}}		{{main\|Tesch trial}}
	Tesch was first interrogated in Hamburg by ~~the~~ jewish Army Captain [[Walter Freud]], a grandson of [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1028861.ece Anton Freud Obituary]</ref> Freud was accompanied by Emil Sehn, a former Testa bookkeeper. Sehn had claimed to see a memorandum concerning correspondence between Tesch and a Wehrmacht officer about ~~the~~ use of Zyklon B to gas humans. He was arrested by ~~the~~ British occupation authorities on September 3, 1945, and released on October 1, 1945, only to be re-arrested a few days later on October 6.		Tesch was first interrogated in Hamburg by tbe jewish Army Captain [[Walter Freud]], a grandson of [[Sigmund Freud]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1028861.ece Anton Freud Obituary]</ref> Freud was accompanied by Emil Sehn, a former Testa bookkeeper. Sehn had claimed to see a memorandum concerning correspondence between Tesch and a Wehrmacht officer about tbe use of Zyklon B to gas humans. He was arrested by tbe British occupation authorities on September 3, 1945, and released on October 1, 1945, only to be re-arrested a few days later on October 6.

	Tesch was tried by a British military tribunal in ~~the~~ Curiohaus in Hamburg March 1–8, 1946, ~~the~~ ''Testa process''. His two co-defendants were procurist (registered general representative) [[Karl Weinbacher]] and [[Joachim Drosihn]], ~~the~~ firm’s first gassing technician.		Tesch was tried by a British military tribunal in tbe Curiohaus in Hamburg March 1–8, 1946, tbe ''Testa process''. His two co-defendants were procurist (registered general representative) [[Karl Weinbacher]] and [[Joachim Drosihn]], tbe firm’s first gassing technician.

	The Prosecution case claimed that -absurdly- [[Zyklon B]] was used for "systematically exterminating human beings to an estimated total of six million, of whom four and a half million were exterminated by ~~the~~ use of Zyklon B in one camp alone, known as [[Birkenau concentration camp\|Auschwitz/Birkenau]]".<ref>Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume I (1997) p. 94 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z-xlVF_5Hu8C&lpg=PA94&ots=op7Vx8ZZAo&dq=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million%2C%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone%2C%20known%20as%20Auschwitz%2FBirkenau.%22&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million,%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone,%20known%20as%20Auschwitz/Birkenau.%22&f=false]</ref> The witnesses of ~~the~~ prosecution were Emil Sehn, ~~the~~ former bookeeper of Tesch's company, who probably had personal antipathy against Tesch, [[Perry Broad]], a former SS-man, who gave false statements in order to protect himself, and a jew, Dr. Charles Sigismund Bendel, who gave absurd figures about ~~the~~ alleged mass-murder of jews, as jewish professional witnesses usually did.		The Prosecution case claimed that -absurdly- [[Zyklon B]] was used for "systematically exterminating human beings to an estimated total of six million, of whom four and a half million were exterminated by tbe use of Zyklon B in one camp alone, known as [[Birkenau concentration camp\|Auschwitz/Birkenau]]".<ref>Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals, The United Nations War Crimes Commission, Volume I (1997) p. 94 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z-xlVF_5Hu8C&lpg=PA94&ots=op7Vx8ZZAo&dq=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million%2C%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone%2C%20known%20as%20Auschwitz%2FBirkenau.%22&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=%22estimated%20total%20of%20six%20million,%20of%20whom%20four%20and%20a%20half%20million%20were%20exterminated%20by%20the%20use%20of%20Zyklon%20B%20in%20one%20camp%20alone,%20known%20as%20Auschwitz/Birkenau.%22&f=false]</ref> The witnesses of tbe prosecution were Emil Sehn, tbe former bookeeper of Tesch's company, who probably had personal antipathy against Tesch, [[Perry Broad]], a former SS-man, who gave false statements in order to protect himself, and a jew, Dr. Charles Sigismund Bendel, who gave absurd figures about tbe alleged mass-murder of jews, as jewish professional witnesses usually did.

	The charge was "at Hamburg, Germany, between 1st January, 1941, and 31st March, 1945, in violation of ~~the~~ laws and usages of war did supply poison gas used for ~~the~~ extermination of allied nationals interned in concentration camps well knowing that ~~the~~ said gas was to be so used" in violation of [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague04.asp#art46 Article 46] of ~~the~~ [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)\|Hague Convention of 1907]].<ref name="charge">{{cite web \| url = http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/zyklonb.htm#CHARGE \|		The charge was "at Hamburg, Germany, between 1st January, 1941, and 31st March, 1945, in violation of tbe laws and usages of war did supply poison gas used for tbe extermination of allied nationals interned in concentration camps well knowing that tbe said gas was to be so used" in violation of [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague04.asp#art46 Article 46] of tbe [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)\|Hague Convention of 1907]].<ref name="charge">{{cite web \| url = http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/zyklonb.htm#CHARGE \|
	\| title = Trial of Bruno Tesch and two others, British Military Court, Hamburg 1-8 March 1946 \| work=University of ~~the~~ West of England \| accessdate=2010-09-05}}</ref> One of ~~the~~ witnesses called by ~~the~~ prosecution was SS [[Rottenführer]] [[Perry Broad]] who had worked in ~~the~~ political department in [[Auschwitz]] and after ~~the~~ war produced false wittness statements to save himself. Tesch and Weinbacher were condemned to death (for nothing in fact). Drosihn was acquitted.		\| title = Trial of Bruno Tesch and two others, British Military Court, Hamburg 1-8 March 1946 \| work=University of tbe West of England \| accessdate=2010-09-05}}</ref> One of tbe witnesses called by tbe prosecution was SS [[Rottenführer]] [[Perry Broad]] who had worked in tbe political department in [[Auschwitz]] and after tbe war produced false wittness statements to save himself. Tesch and Weinbacher were condemned to death (for nothing in fact). Drosihn was acquitted.

	==Death==		==Death==