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AUSCHWITZ:
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Photo 1:
[PMO file BW
30/25, page 14] |
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This document lists
some of the buildings handed over to the camp administration by the
"Bauleitung der Waffen-SS und Polizei KGL Auschwitz/ Auschwitz POW
camp Waffen SS and Police Construction Management", including the
four Krematorien, giving the worksite numbers and the handover date:
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Worksite 30 Krematorium II
handed over on 31/3/43; |
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Worksite 30a Krematorium III
handed over on 25/6/43; |
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Worksite 30b Krematorium IV
handed over on 22/3/43; |
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Worksite 30c Krematorium V
handed over on 4/4/43 |
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Photo 2:
[PMO file BW 30/40, page 30] |
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Letterhead of the
Kattowitz branch of HUTA, the firm who built the shells of
Krematorien II and III (and part of those of Krematorien IV and
V). This letter, on the subject of the static calculations for
Krematorium II, is signed by Dziubany, a Huta engineer. The contract
for the construction of Krematorium II was offered at the beginning
of July 1942 to two Kattowitz firms already working at the Birkenau
camp: Huta and the Silesian firm Lenz & Co. Lenz refused on 15th
July, claiming a labor shortage. Huta accepted and submitted their
estimate on 13th July. |
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Photos 3 and 4:
[PMO file BW 30/26, pages 59 and 60]
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Letterhead of the
construction firm KONRAD SEGNITZ of Beuthen, Upper Silesia, run by
Carl Pluta. This letter concerns the roof of Krematorium IV. The
firm produced the drawings for the roofs of all four Krematorien,
and built them in association with Industrie-Bau AG of Bielitz,
Upper Silesia, a firm probably under the control of the SS.
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Photo 5:
[PMO Archives, file BW 30/36, page 80] |
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This is a timesheet
for the week of 1st to 7th February, 1943 for work carried out by
INDUSTRIE-BAU-AG of Bielitz, Upper Silesia, on Krematorium IV (BW
30b). This firm, probably under the control of the SS because of its
field of activity (timber) was supposed to build the roof of
Krematorium II, calculated, checked and redrawn by Messrs Konrad
Segnitz. The respective roles of the two firms seems to have evolved
over the months. Konrad Segnitz, having produced the drawings and
drawn up the list of timber required, was to have a purely
supervisory role, unlike Industrie-Bau, who were to supply both
labor and materials. However, due to inadequate technology,
Industrie-Bau had to abandon the manufacture and supply of materials
to Konrad Segnitz |
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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