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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and Operation
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Document 81
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Present state of the northern
access stairway to the basement of Krematorium II (on the right). On
the left are the three steps that led up to the ground floor of the
Krematorium. It was between the moment when the victims emerged
naked from the southern end of the undressing hut and when they
disappeared down this stairway that they were briefly visible from
B.IIf. The gas chamber was in the background on the right. |
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Document 82
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author] |
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Present state of the western
access stairway to the underground undressing room (Leichenkeller 2)
of Krematorium II, photographed from the watchtower next to
enclosure 27 of the Krematorium. In the background on the left, at
right-angles to the rest are the ruins of the underground gas
chamber. It is possible that the trees belong to the old “ring of
greenery”, which gives an idea of what their size must have been in
1944. The SS guards in this tower were in the box seat for seeing
how “resettlement” operations proceeded. |
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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