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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and Operation
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Translation of
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| PARTIE MOBILE / MOVABLE PART |
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Coiffe en tôle / Metal
cap |
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Intervalle separant le
tube en tôle du Sème tamis: 25 mm /
Space between the
metal tube and the third lattice: 25 mm. |
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Troisième tamis intérieur
à maille de 1 mm de côté /
Third, innermost, lattice of 1
mm mesh |
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Tube en fine tôle zinguée
de 15 cm de côté /
Thin galvanized metal tube, 15 cm
square |
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FIXE / FIXED PART |
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Pièce de métal reliant les
1er et 2ème tamis /
Metal strip joining the first and
second lattices. |
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Premier tamis extérieur en
fil de 3 mm de diamètre et de maille de 45 mm dc côté /
First, external, lattice of 3 mm diameter wire, 45 mm
mesh. |
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Deuxième tamis intérieur à
maille dc 25 mm de côté /
Second, interior, lattice of 25
mm mesh. |
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| 3 m environ /
Approximately 3 m |
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| Cornières de 50 x 50 x 10 mm / Angle irons
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| SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF A
ZYKLON-B INTRODUCTION COLUMN |
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| Based on the deposition of
11th June 1945 made by Michal KULA, former prisoner 2718 who worked
in the metal working shop where these columns were made. |
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Document
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Perforated galvanized
covering one of the upper (fresh air inlet) ventilation holes of
Leichenkeller I of Krematorium II or III dimensions: 7 x 13 cm.
Leichenkeller 1 of Kr II had 50 of these (metalworking shop order
no. 83 of 18/2/43, completed on 15/ 3/43), and that of Kr III 95
(metalworklng shop order no. 192 of 15/3/43, completed on 22/3/43).
They were simply fixed by four nails across the rectangular openings
cut in the wooden conduits through which fresh air arrived. Kept in
the PMO “Reserve Stocks”, in block 25. |
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(Photo by the
author) |
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Document
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| Rear view of the same
object. |
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author) |
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| Document 17 |
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Document 17:
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Remains of an upper
ventilation hole cover,classified PMO II-5-73/2, kept in the PMO
“Reserve Stocks” in block 25. Its “home made” nature is very
evident. |
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(Photo 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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