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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
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Photo Q
[PMO
file BW 30/43. page 1]
The deed of transfer dated 19th
March 1943 by which Krematorium IV was handed over to the camp
administration with effect from 22nd March. The signature on the
left is that of the head of the Bauleitung, SS Major Bischoff. At
the bottom of the page is the list of the five firms that had
participated in the construction. The Bauleitung also specifically
stated that where work had been carried out on own account using
prisoner labour there was no guarantee. This point was vital and
meant that the civilian firms were not liable if problems should
arise. This is indeed what happened and Krematorium IV was soon shut
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Photo R
[PMO
file BW 30/43, page 2]
Explanatory report belonging to
the handover documents of Krematorium IV, but dated 10th March
1944. The signature is that of SS Lieutenant Jothann, who
succeeded Bischoff and was head of the Bauleitung in 1944. The last
entry concerns construction time (Bauzeit) and states that the
buildings are completed and in service and that building work
started in November 1942. The fact that this document was
produced extremely late — a year after the event — may explain the
discrepency between the date given and that on which Huta actually
started the work. |
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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