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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
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Photo B
Schematic diagram of Zyklon-B introduction system taken from
drawing 932(r) |
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Ouverture /Opening [fresh air
duct] |
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Terrain / Earth |
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Beton / Concrete |
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Tuyère /Tube |
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Mur / Wall |
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This sketch, found on the bottom left of 932(r), is inversed
with respect to the German inscriptions. The inscriptions on the
sketch, which is a cross section of Leichenkeller 1, the gas
chamber, of Krematorium II, are written in French This may be
because in January 1945, the Soviet Commission investigating the
crimes committed in Auschwitz Birkenau called upon educated former
prisoners of various nationalities to act as consultants and explain
the way the gas chambers worked, as this was not fully understood at
that time. The Soviet film, “Chronicles of the Liberation of
the camp, 1945” shows a group or medical men and academics,
still in their prison uniform, guiding members of the Soviet
Commission. Among them was a French doctor. Henri Limousin, who is
perhaps the author of this sketch.
From the historical
standpoint, this view of a gas introduction “tube” is valid in its
general principle, but inexact in its structure, which has been
known precisely since the testimony of Michal Kula, a former
prisoner having worked in the DAW metalworking shop, where the wire
mesh Zyklon-B introduction columns were made. Two versions were
produced, one where the gas was diffused from the lower part and the
other from the upper part.
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
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