| CRIMINAL TRACES FOR
KREMATORIUM III: |
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Auskleideraum / undressing
room
[File BW 30/25, page 7] |
[Photo 4] |
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Cited for memory, this
term is more likely to refer to Krematorium II than to III in view
of the date of the document. It is nevertheless necessary to mention
it in respect of Krematorium III as the letter of 6th March 1943 is
concerned with both “Krem. II und III KGL, BW 30 u.
30a”. |
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| 11. |
Gastür / gas [tight] door 100 x
192 |
[Photo 8] |
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“Auftrag vom 6.3.43 über Lieferung einer Gastür
100/192 für Leichenkeller 1 des Krematoriums III, BW 30a ... /
order of 6/3/43 concerning the delivery of a gas[tight] door 100 x
192 for corpse cellar 1 of Krematorium III, worksite 30a...”
[File 30/34, pages 49 and 50, and Annex 3 to Volume 11 of
the Hoess trial] |
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Letter of 31st March
1943, (already cited for Krematorium II under point 6) indicating
clearly that Leichenkeller 1 of Krematorium III was fitted with a
“gas door”. While it may conceivably be possible to contest the
validity of the word “Gastür” in this document, an inventory annexed
to the handover document of Krematorium III dated 24th June 1943
formally states that its Leichenkeller 1 had a “Gasdichtetür / gas
tight door”, thus again conforming beyond doubt the meaning
of “Gastür”. |
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| 12. |
Auskleidekeller [two
mentions] / undressing cellar
[File BW 30/41,
pages l0 and 11] |
Photos 12 and 13] |
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In his timesheets
(already cited for Krematorium II under point 5). MESSING, a fitter
employed by Topf & Sons. noted that in the week 13th to 22nd
April 1943 he worked on “Bauwerk 30a”, Krematorium III, installing
the air extraction system in the “undressing cellar” or, according
to other entries he made, in Leichenkeller 2. He indicates that
“corpse cellar” 2 of Krematorium III had become an undressing
cellar, as was the case in Krematorium II. |
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| 13. |
Flacheisen für (1)15 Stück
Gastürbeschläge /
flat iron bar for (1) 5 sets of fittings for
gas [tight] doors |
[Photos 14 and 15]
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[File BW 30/31, incorrectly called “Schlosserei”,
order of 16th April 1943. The original document is no longer in
the “metalworking”, file. It would appear that this is the only
document missing, and that it has not been deliberately “mislaid”
but, having been issued to a member of the Auschwitz Museum for
study, has not yet been returned to the Archives. Photos 14 and
15 are those of Annex 14 of Volume 11 of the Hoess trial,
giving a number of extracts from the black file containing orders
from the “Zentralbauleitung” to the “Schlosserei” or issued by the
latter.] |
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Metalworking shop
order of 16th April 1943 for the iron required for the fittings for
5 gas [tight] doors for worksites BW 30a and 30b [Krematorien III
and IV]
One order having been issued for the two
Krematorien, it looks at first sight as if the number of doors
destined for each cannot be established, but order 322 of the same
date in the “Schlosserei WL” file makes it possible to allocate the
5 “Gastüre”: 1 for Krematorium III, the 4 others for Krematorium
IV. |
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