Translation of inscriptions
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Sämtlich eirgeschriebere Masse
sind Robbaumasse und sind vor Baubeginn zu überprüfen.
Unstimmigkeiten sind sofort zu melden! / All dimensions given are
raw figures and are to be checked before work begins. Any
discrepancies are to be reported immediately! |
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Leichenkeller 2 |
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Aussparung für die Kanalisation
(Höhenmaße) / Spaces for drains (levels) |
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Siehe Schnitt … (?)
Entluftungsanlage Zeichnung Nr 1174 / See cross section … (?) air
extraction installation drawing 1174 |
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Leichenkeller 3 |
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Vorraum/ Vestibule |
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Leichenkeller 1 |
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SIEHE DECKBLATT ZEICHNUNG NR
1311! / SEE CORRECTION SHEET -
DRAWING 1311! |
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Fundament vertiefung unter den
Rauchkanalen 20 cm / Foundation deepened under
smoke flues -
20cm |
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Aussparung für die Rauchkanalen
/ Spaces for smoke flues |
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Ofenfundamente Siehe
Fundamentplan der Firma Topf / Furnace foundations - see foundation
drawing by Messrs Topf |
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Nicht unterkellerter Teil / Part
without basement |
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Müllverbreuusgsofen nach Angabe
des Fa Topf / waste incinerator according to Messrs Topf
data |
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Gewachsener Boden / Natural
soil |
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Kaminfundament, Ausmaße nach
statischer Berechnung and Bodeublastungsprobe [OK Kaminfundament /
Chimney foundations, dimensions according to static calculations and
soil resistance test [OK(?) chimney foundation] |
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Klärgrube / Cesspit |
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Fundament vertiefung unter der
Klärgrube / Deeper foundations under the cesspit |
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Drawing 1301 of 8/5/42 is above all a technical
drawing, the logical sequel to 932. The number on the identification
block corresponds to the date written on it. Despite the fact that
about 360 drawings had been produced since the “930 series” for the
new Krematorium at the main camp, the Bauleitung Drawing Office
still used the old title from this series, “Entwurf für das
Krematorium” . on this drawing.
Ertl, then SS Sergeant,
later to be promoted Second Lieutenant, whose signature appears
alongside that of Dejaco on this drawing, checked it in his capacity
as construction engineer and head of the Bauleitung construction
section (Hochbauabteiling). Dejaco was an architect and head of the
Drawing Office. He decided the layout of the rooms in the
Krematorium, but other members of the Bauleitung, each according so
his specialty, made the technical calculations.
There are
three essentially distinct drainage systems in drawing 932: |
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The western system collects
waste water from Leichenkeller 1, 2, and 3. the corridor / vestibule
and the western part of the ground floor; |
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The eastern system collects
waste water from the furnace room and its annexes, on the ground
floor; |
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The northern system collects
waste water from the north wing housing the waste
incinerator. |
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The three systems lead to three different connections
to the external sewers.
On drawing 1301, the western,
eastern and northern systems are joined together and lead to a
common collector in the west, which in turn leads to the
"Königsgrabe" [King's ditch], running to the southwest of
Krematorium II. The drainage systems are in fact not explicitly
shown on drawing 1301, but the pattern can be deduced from
the spaces in the foundations left for the passage of drainpipes.
The drainage system drawing itself is 1300.
Drawing
1301 is a faithful copy of 932, except for the modifications to
the drainage system. As with 932, there appears to be no indication
of the future criminal role of Krematorium II, except that in the
southern wall of Leichenkeller 1 there is a gap that did not appear
on 932, which appears to indicate that as early as May 1942 there
was the intention to make the drainage of this room separate from
the rest of the system, with the wastewater being evacuated towards
the south.
After a study by the constructors. Huta of
Kattowitz, the foundations were laid as shown on drawing
1301, except for the concrete floors of Leichenkeller 1 and 2,
which were made very much thicker, eliminating the need for special
foundations for the pillars supporting the roofs (the 14 cm thick
floor and 60 cm pillar bases were evened out to a 40 cm layer of
concrete, no doubt to make it easier to damp proof these rooms
against the Birkenau groundwater.
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