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| Drawing 2197 (p)/II Bauleitung drawing 2197 of
19/3/43 |
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The first drawing, 2l97(p) [Polish] comes from the PMO
Archives. file BW 30/14, neg no. 20946/1
The second
2197[a](r) [Russian] and third 2197(b](r) drawings
come from the “October Revolution” Central State
Archives in Moscow.
Drawing 2l97 held by the PMO
is not the original, but a pale pink copy, faded and scarcely
legible, made for the Polish Commission from the originals collected
al the beginning of 1945 by the Soviet Commission. The Museum also
has a second copy of 2197 in the BW 34/34A file (No. 8) on a bluish
background, which is easier to read than the pink one. There is also
a tracing, which was probably used to produce the copies, classified
under number 19949,. 2197[a] (r) and 2197[b] (r) were
given by the Moscow Prosecutor to the Warsaw Central Commission for
research into Hitlerian crimes in Poland as exhibits in the
Dejaco/Ertl trial in 1972. However, they were not transmitted as
complete sheets, but each was divided into six photographs. Since
the two drawings are virtually identical, an employee of the Central
Commission thought there were two copies of the same drawing and
sent only one set of six photos to the trial, keeping the other in
the research section of the Commission. Unfortunately during the
handling of these photographs, the two sets got mixed up, and two
photos of one replaced two of the other. This carelessness meant
that of the six photos remaining in Warsaw, two belonged to the
drawing sent to Vienna, and the Vienna set contained two incorrect
photos. Nobody seems to have noticed this substitution, and it was
quite by chance that the author stumbled on is by comparing the
Warsaw and Vienna copies of 2197. Despite the very poor quality of
the copies, 2197[b] is a vital drawing, for it shows the
location of lights and water taps in Krematorium II, which is
important for an understanding of the instruments of extermination
and for exploiting other relevant documents.
Seven parts of
the 2197(p) presented here have been highlighted in black by
the author to make them easily legible.
Bestandaufnahme des
Krematoriums II KGL Auschwitz / Inventory drawing of Krematorium II,
Auschwitz POW camp
M./ Scale 1:200
Drawn on 19/3/43 by
prisoner 71134
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AUSCHWITZ:
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Jean-Claude Pressac
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