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Document 13 |
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Fragment of an aerial photograph
of Krematorien IV and V (left) taken on 21st December 1944. To the
north and west of Krematorium V, a white patch compared with the
grey of the ground, is the emplacement of the cremation ditches,
filled in as at this date, dug almost side by side. The 8-muffle
furnace of Krematorium V was not in operation that day, and the only
rooms occupied (snow melted on the roof) were the coal store (now
used as accommodation for the remaining 30 members of the
Sonderkommando) and the doctor’s room (now a kitchen). Below this,
the concrete foundation slab of the demolished Krematorium IV is
completely covered by snow. The location of a watchtower to the
north of Krematorium V is unfortunately covered by the inscription
"Gas chamber V". |
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Document 14
Survey by
the author of the traces left by the explosions that demolished
Krematorium V |
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inscriptions: |
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(peu visible ... /
Scarcely
visible. the wall having been rebuilt over it) |
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Emplacement des charges ... /
Location of the explosive charges laid in Birkenau Krematorium V
by the SS at the end of January 1945. |
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La mise a feu ... /
All
these charges were detonated simultaneously according to the
testimony of Dr Wolken. |
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(la charge 9 ... /
(charge 9
was a very large one) |
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plaque de beton... /
concrete slab with coke |
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Document 15
The western end and south
side of Krematorium IV.
(Sketch by the author) |
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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