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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
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Documents 10, 11 and
12
[Federal Republic of Germany, German Patent Office,
Patent No. 861 731, issued on 5th January 1953] |
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10 is the first page of the last Topf patent, for a single-muffle
cremation furnace designed by Martin KLETTNER. The main feature of the
invention was the almost complete combustion of the corpse (so that the volume
of ashes remaining was rarely enough to fill a normal urn) by a system of hot
air recovery. The time taken to cremate a corpse was from 30 to 45
minutes. The guillotine-type closing system for the muffle door was that
designed by Prüfer for his 8-muffle furnace. It is not known whether this
model, a little marvel of technical design, was ever marketed. It incorporated
much of the experience gained by Topf in the concentration camps.
Document 11 is the cross-section of the furnace and 12
the longitudinal section. Both drawings are attached to the patent. |
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique and operation
of the gas
chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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