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Photo 9:
[PMO neg. no. 327,
Ludwik series and 20995/492, Kamann series] |
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View of the central part of
Krematorium III, Birkenau worksite “BW 30a”, on a
southeast/northwest line, taken between 20th and 22nd January 1943.
From left to right: the collective chimney for all the
furnaces at a height of about 8 meters, about half its final height;
covered by snow, the temporary roof protecting Leichenkeller 2 (the
future undressing room); in the center, the western end of the
northern ground floor wall; lastly, on the right, the southern wall
under construction.
At its base, the collective chimney had
three openings to which the underfloor furnace flues led (the one
visible here is for the flues from cremation furnace 5 and the waste
incinerator), and which were subsequently covered over. Higher up,
there were three rectangular openings (one is visible here)
connected with the (suction-type) forced-draught system, which was
never actually installed in Krematorium III because of the problems
encountered with it in Kr II.
This photo is incorrectly
presented in Auschwitz Museum publications as showing
“Prisoners employed on the construction of IG Farbenindustrie
premises” |
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Photo 10:
[PMO neg. no.
20995/490, Kamann series] |
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View looking west/east of the
central part (future furnace room) of Krematorium III (BW 30a) under
construction, taken the same day as Photo 9, hence between 20th and
22nd January 1943. Bottom left is the snow-covered temporary roof
protecting Leichenkeller 2. Above this is the north wall of the
building, with at the far end, visible almost as dotted lines, the
places where the ends of the partition walls of the rooms of the
northeast part of the buildings are to fit. The east wall is under
construction, as is the chimney, which has reached about half of its
final height of 16 meters.
A few days later, Kamann climbed
to the first stage of the chimney scaffolding to photograph the
temporary roof of Leichenkeller 2 [Photo 12 below]. |
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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