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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
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PART TWO
FOREWORD
THE SOURCES
List of contents
of files BW 30/1 to 30/46 conserved in the PMO Archives
THE SOURCES
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Our knowledge of the history of the KL
Auschwitz-Birkenau Krematorien comes mainly from the Archives of the Auschwitz
State Museum (PMO). For the study of Krematorium I, situated in the Auschwitz
Stammlager, the relevant files are BW 11/1 to BW 11/5 and BW 14 (their contents
are listed at the end of Part II, Chapter 2 "Krematorium I or the Old
Krematorium"]. For the four Birkenau Krematorien, the main sources are BW 30/1
to BW 30/46. To complement this essential base, documents from various other
sources have also been used:
Other files from the Auschwitz State
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BW 1/4: 98 pages.
Contains the complete list of drawings (nos 1 to 2040) produced by the
Auschwitz Bauleitung Drawing Office for the different buildings constructed or
converted in the camp and for the SS during the period 1941 to January
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BW 2/- series:
Contains the different Bauleitung drawings concerned with the development of
the Birkenau camp. Drawn as the camp evolved (from BW 2/1 of 7th October 1941
to BW 2/41 of 21st June 1944), these drawings make it easier to understand the
decision to locate the Krematorien in Birkenau; |
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Microfilm 12,012:
Contains the coke consumption for the five Krematorien from 16th February 1942
to 25th October 1943, making it possible to assess the rates at which
Krematorium I at Auschwitz and the four Birkenau Krematorien were
operated. |
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Documents from the
"October Revolution" State Archives in Moscow: |
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Unreferenced:
Comprise the handover documents for three of the four Birkenau Krematorien and
documents concerning the organization of the Bauleitung. |
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Documents from the
Weimar State Archives (GDR), the following files among others: |
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Bestand 211, 2/381,
2/555 and 2/555a: Contain documents concerning Messrs Topf & Sons of
Erfurt, including annual reports and certain personnel files. |
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique and operation
of the gas
chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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