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| DECLARATION BY THE AUSCHWITZ STATE
MUSEUM |
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[French version certified by an official translator
Elizabeth Bizouard-Rajcher]
AUSCHWITZ BIRKENAU STATE
MUSEUM
Oswiecim-Brzezinka,
11.09.1985
NBP Oswiecim Account 715-92-7
Tel. [2]20 21 [2]20
24.
Museum open every day
from 8 am, to 3 p m
Closed Mondays
and holidays
The arrival of visitors must be notified in advance
(*)
L.dz.IV 8520 219/2402/85
REGISTERED
LETTER |
Monsieur
Jean Claude
Pressac
FRANCE. |
In acknowledging receipt of your letter of 5th August 1985 and in
response to your request, the Museum declares that:
| 1. |
Jean-Claude Pressac visited the
Auschwitz Birkenau State Museum at Oswiecim ten times between 1979
and 1984, and always used the archives concerned with the Hitlerite
Auschwitz concentration camp at Oswiecim, and in particular those
concerned with the Krematorien and gas chambers. |
| 2. |
The Museum granted access to the
archives to the above named, according to his areas of interest and
the direction of his research. |
| 3. |
The archives held by the Museum
constitute part of the documents produced in the offices of KL
Auschwitz and in SS institutions existing in KL Auschwitz. This also
includes the documents of the "Zentral Bauleitung der Waffen SS in
Auschwitz O/S." They are authentic documents i. e. originals. Some
of these documents, in conformity with the requests made, have been
made available to Monsieur Jean Claude-Pressac, in the form of
negatives, microfilms or photographic prints, constituting documents
for his work on the construction of Krematorium furnaces and gas
chambers operating on the territory of KL Auschwitz I and KL
Auschwitz II [Birkenau]. |
| 4. |
During Monsieur J.C. Pressac's
visits to the Museum, the staff concerned with the activity in
question provided him with all necessary explanations. |
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| In the hope that you
will rapidly be able to complete the research you have undertaken, I
convey to you, Sir, the expression of my respectful
consideration. |
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DIRECTOR,
Kazimierz Smolen,
(signature)
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| [*]The word "visitor" may lead to confusion. It is, of
course, possible to "visit" the Museum in the normal way without arranging
an appointment, but a researcher who wishes to consult the museum archives
has to announce his arrival in advance, which is only normal. Access to
the Archives Service and consultation of the documents, respecting normal
practices, is free and requires no official recommendation other than
simple prior request. |
AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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