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             Document 
            4     [PMO file BW 30/30, 
                 page 1 (microfilm 1255)] 
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          | [manuscript] Subj: 
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          19th December 44  Jes/Wi 
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          To the  Waffen SS and 
            Police Central  Construction Management  Auschwitz 
             Handed to SS Lieutenant Jothan[n]  | 
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          | As agreed, we transfer to you 
            15 sheets of original drawings and prints to be used as you see 
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          Heil Hitler!  H u t a 
             Hoch- und Tiefbau A-G  Kattowitz Branch  | 
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          Encl.:  Original drawings 
             No. 109/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 
                      8, 9, 10, 
            11, 13+14 Prints:  No. 109/15 and 16  | 
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          HUTA DRAWING 109/10 OF 13/11/42 
             [PMO Archives file BW 30/21, first drawing, neg. no. 
            20946/4]   |  
        
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          Betr. Auschwitz Kr/ Subject: Auschwitz Krematorium 
             Decke über dem Müllverbrennungsraum/ Ceiling over the waste 
            incinerator room Scale  1:25  Projekt Nr. 7-15/IV, Blatt Nr 
            10/ Project no. 7015/IV, Sheet 10  |   
      
        
        
          
             
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          Translation of inscriptions: 
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          Unterzug I u. II / Beams 1 and 2  |  
        
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          Pos. 41 u. 42 / Positions 41 and 42 [refers 
            to the supplementary static calculations for Krematorium II of 12th 
            November 1942 by Dziubany, a Huta employee (PMO BW 30/40)] 
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          Bügel / Stirrup reinforcement  |  
        
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          Schnitt a- / Section a-a  |  
        
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          Pos. 6, 7, 8, 9 und für Unterzug II Pos. 42 
            / Positions 6, 7, 8, 9 and for beam II position  42 [refers to 
            Huta static calculations of 29th August and 22nd October 1942 
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          the external walls of 
            Leichenkeller 1 (pos. 6),   |  
        
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          the reinforced concrete roof of 
            Leichenkeller 2 (pos. 7)  |  
        
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          the longitudinal beam above the 
            supporting pillars of Leichenkeller 2 (pos. 8)  |  
        
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          and the cross-beams 
            perpendicular to the row of pillars of Leichenkeller 2 (pos. 9)] 
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          Türstürz Pos. 16/ Door linter pos. 16 [BW 
            30/40]   |  
        
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          Schnitt b-b/ Section b-b   |  
        
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          Anzahl / Number  |  
        
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            /Diameter |  
        
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          Länge/ Length  |  
        
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          Ges. Länge / Total length  |  
        
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          Ges. Gewicht / Total weight   |  
        
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            This Huta drawing is of little interest except as an 
              illumination of the degree of civilian participation in the design 
              and construction of the Birkenau Krematorien. 
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