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Photo 13:
[PMO neg. no.
293, Ludwik series and 20995/497, Kamann series] |
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View of the west end (right) and
north side of Krematorium II, probably taken on 25th or 26th January
1943.
The tiling of the roof on the western part has just
been completed, but some still remains to be done on the north wing
(waste incinerator room). The ventilation chimneys are completed,
but they were to be made higher at a later date. The furnaces do not
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Photo 14
[PMO
neg. no. 298, Ludwik series and 20995/498, Kamann series]
View of the western end of Krematorium II, taken shortly
before Photo 13, dated 25th or 26th January 1943.
It
shows the snow being cleared from the roof of Leichenkeller 2 (the
future undressing room) before the pouring of the final layer of
concrete. The damp-proofing of Leichenkeller 2 had already been
completed.
On either side of the ladder leaning on the west
wall [also visible on Photo 13], are the double windows of
the laboratory where Dr Miklos Nyiszli and other doctor prisoners
performed autopsies for Dr Mengele.
This picture is often
presented in Auschwitz Museum publications as being the roof of the
gas chamber (Leichenkeller 1) of Krematorium III, a doubly incorrect
identification.
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
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