Broward fair ride shares name with Holocaust poison gas

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A carnival ride at this year's Broward County Fair shares a name with the poisonous gas used to kill millions in the Holocaust.
The ride is "The Zyklon." Zyklon B was the name of the lethal cyanide gas used at Nazi death camps.
But, the ride's owner said, that's definitely not what it's named for. Zyklon is German for cyclone.

Still, it's offending some in South Florida, home to the most Holocaust survivors in the nation, after New York City.
"I know it's so many years ago now, but I wish people would still care," said Mildred Blank, of Pembroke Pines. Her husband of 60 years, Paul Blank, was a Holocaust survivor. He died in May.
"I saw the name and recognized it immediately from the stories he told."


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