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Page 358 AUSCHWITZ:
                        Technique and Operation
                            of the Gas Chambers ©
 
 
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Document 6

  Document 5:
[PMO neg. nos 6228, 17809 and 20818/6]  
 
     
  Drawing 934. scale 1:100
Drawn on 27th January 1942 by SS Sergeant Ulmer checked by SS Second Lieutenant Dejaco
and approved by SS Captain Bischofff on
28th January 1942.

Entwurf für das Krematorium / crematorium project.

Schnitt durch Leichenkeller 1, Leichenkeller 2 / cross-sections of corpse cellar 1 and 2. 
 

    Translation of inscriptions
(left to right) 
  Chimney and furnace room section:  
  · Firsthöhe / ridge height. 
  · Traufhöhe / gutter height 
  · Fenstersturzh / window lintel height. 
  · Fensterbankh / window sill height. 
  · Sockelhöhe / base height.  
  · Sockel-Obnerschl. Sandstein / base facing sandstone. 
  · Gewachsener Boden / natural earth. 
  · Dachdeckung-Ziegel / tile roof covering. 
  · Eisenbeton-Hohlkörperdecke / ceiling of reinforced concrete and hollow blocks. 
  · Betonboden m. Glattstr. / concrete floor with smooth screed. 
  · Vorlage them HGH [?] / 18mm hard fill.  
  · Lehmschlag / clay base.  
  · Erdanschüttung / earth bank. 
  · Entlüftungskanal / air extraction duct. 
  · Ofen / furnace.  
  · Pfeilerfundamente / pillar base. 
  · Rauchkanal 0.70 x0.60 / smoke flue. 
  · Türenhöhe! / door heights. 
  · Saugzuganlage / suction type forced-draught installation.  
  · Schornsteinfundamente [Nach Baden Belast[un]gsprobe] / chimney foundation [after testing soil strength]. 
  · Rauchkanal-Schieber / flue damper. 
  · 3 Züge 0.80 x 1.20 / flues.  
  · Schornstein / chimney. 
  · Schornstein-Verwahrung / chimney flashing. 
  · Müllerverbrennungsofen / waste incinerator. 
  · Betonboden m. Glattstr. / concrete floor with smooth screed. 
  · Vorlage 20cm HGII [?] / 20cm hard fill. 
  · Türen- und Fensterumrahmungen - Oberschl. Sandstein! / facing of door and window frames sandstone!  
  · Gewachsener Boden / natural earth. 
   
  Leichenkeller I    
  · Entlüftungskanal / air evacuation duct. 
  · Senkrechte Isolierung / vertical damp-proofing 
  · Isol[ierung] / damp-proofing 
  · Belüftung / ventilation 
  · Erdaufschüttung / earth bank. 
  · Kies / gravel. 
  · Wasserdichte Abdeckung / water-tight covering. 
  · Betonboden mit Glattstrich 14cm Stk / concrete floor with smooth screed 14cm. 
  · Pfeilerfundamente 150 x 150 x 060 Tief / pillar base 150 x 150 x 060 deep. 
  · Erdanschüttung / earth bank.  
  · Gewachsener Boden / natural earth. 
     
  Leichenkeller 2
(inscriptions translated above not repeated).
  · Abwasserkanal / sewer. 
  · Senkrechte Isolierung / vertical damp-proofing. 
  · Erdaufsehüttung / earth bank. 
  · Kies / gravel. 
  · Wasserdichte Abdeckung / water-tight covering 
  · Betonboden mit Glattstrich 14cm Stk / concrete floor with smooth screed 14cm. 
  · Erdanschüttung / earth bank.  
 
AUSCHWITZ:
Technique and operation
of the gas chambers

Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation
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