> Arizona: Son of Holocaust survivor offered death by gas chamber Arizona: Son of Holocaust survivor offered death by gas chamber Jewish groups have failed to stop Arizona from offering a gas chamber as an execution method. Andrew Lapin, JTA Executions Arizona Gas Chambers Empty poison gas cans of the pesticide Zyklon B are exhibited in the museum of t Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images An unusual scenario played out in Arizona recently: The son of a Jewish woman who fled the Nazis was asked if he wanted to be executed by the same gas the Nazis once used....