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Page 137 AUSCHWITZ:
                        Technique and Operation
                            of the Gas Chambers ©
 
 
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 Document G3a
Document G3a
Document G3b
[PMO File BW11/1, page 2] 
 
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE TOPF FORCED DRAUGHT INSTALLATION 
 
If the furnace does not draw properly, the forced draught installation incorporated in the chimney must be brought into service.

Here, care must be taken to first switch on the motor and only afterwards close the rotary damper in the chimney. The cold water supply from the tank should also be opened immediately.

At the end of the incineration, the rotary damper in the chimney must be opened first and then the motor and the water supply shut off.

In addition, care must be taken to ensure that there is always enough water in the tank  
 
Document G3c
Document G3e
 
   Document G3c  
     
  Topf forced draught installation: schematic diagram (reconstitution of operations)   
     
  · Cheminee / Chimney   
  · Reservoir d'eau / Water tank   
  · Motcur / Motor   
  · Saugzuganlage (forced draught installation)   
  · Aerations / Ventilators   
  · Ancienne cheminee de la poudriere / Old powder store chimney   
  · Ofen / Fumace   
  · Ofenraum / Furnace room   
  · Leichenhalle / Morgue   
       
  KREMATORIUM I OR OLD KREMATORIUM      
 
AUSCHWITZ:
Technique and operation
of the gas chambers

Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation
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