| Drawing 1541 |
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Translation of inscriptions
(left to right and top to bottom) |
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Antritt / First step |
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Verputzt / Screeded |
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Fußsockel / Base |
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Brennstoffraum / Fuel
store |
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19 Steigungen 18.4 cm hch,
Auftritt 24 cm Vorsprung 4 cm /
19 steps 18.4 mi high, tread
depth 24 cm overhang 4 cm |
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Flur /Corridor |
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Offnung in der
Treppenuntermauering zum Durchwerfen de Kohlen /
Opening in the
wall under the stairs for access to coal |
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Handläufer - Flacheisen /
Handrail - Flat iron bar |
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Tritte 12 cm eingespannt / Steps
set in 12 cm |
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2 cm R[h]ohstrich / 2 cm mortar
screed |
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Hohlkörperdecke / Hollow block
concrete ceiling |
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| The last drawing of Krematorium II drawn by SS
Sergeant Ulmer, 1541 is of no real interest in itself. If the whole
of the building had been treated in such precise and detailed
fashion, right down to the trivia, fifty drawings would not have
been enough. The reason why Ulmer drew a quite ordinary staircase
with a loving care quite alien to the sense of urgency normally so
dear to the SS probably has nothing to do with the job itself. A
note written by Dejaco on 9th February 1943 [of Soviet source]
concerning the personnel employed in the Bauleitung Drawing Office
run by Dejaco indicates that Ulmer has been transferred to a combat
unit. The date of his departure is not known, but must have been
somewhere during the six months between his drawing 1541 and
Dejaco’s note. It would appear possible that Ulmer undertook this
not very useful work to stretch out time and delay his posting to
the front as long as possible, an eminently sensible attitude.
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