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                        Technique and Operation
                            of the Gas Chambers ©
 
 
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Steel and wire mesh entrance gate to Krematorium III. In the background, in front of the trees, are the ruins of the building. On the right are the remains of the collapsed roof of the furnace room. The steps on the left are not original and belong to the monument erected to the memory of the victims of Birkenau. 

Document 20:
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East-west view of the collapsed roof. The five rectangular openings served to evacuate the heat generated by the 5 three-muffle furnaces, one opening per furnace. 
Document 20

Document 21 Document 21:
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The hot air evacuation opening above furnace 2 of Krematorium III  

Document 22.
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The hot air evacuation opening above furnace 1 of Krematorium III 
Document 22
 
AUSCHWITZ:
Technique and operation
of the gas chambers

Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation
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