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Documents 18 (top) and 18a (bottom)
[Bundesarchiv Koblenz, NS 4 Mauthausen/54, page 25 (recto
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Letter of 30th September 1942 from the
Auschwitz Bauleitung to KL Mauthausen confirming shipment on 22nd
September of the metal parts of a Topf double muffle furnace.
Verso of the letter, with a list of the Topf incineration
furnace parts which were sent from Erfurt, arrived in error at
Auschwitz and were then sent on to Mauthausen. |
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Document
18b
[Photo by Folco] |
| The famous “globe
trotting” double muffle furnace, which, after its metal parts had
visited Auschwitz, was finally installed at KL Mauthausen, where it
is still visible today. It is now the only Topf double-muffle
incineration furnace still in its original state, though the lateral
blower, which was to the left, and its electric motor have been
removed. The three double muffle furnaces in Auschwitz Krematorium I
were identified in type, but when two of them were reconstructed in
1945, this was done from memory, and according to the metal parts
available, and without referring to the Mauthausen furnace. This
resulted in incorrect reconstruction of the rear part where the
firing hearths were, and an increase of one third in the length of
the incineration muffles, thus artificially increasing the volume of
the muffles and hence their cremation capacity.
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
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