AUSCHWITZ:                         Technique and Operation                             of the Gas Chambers ©    Back   Contents Page 492 Home Page  Forward         Document 25: Schematic diagram of the operation of a three-muffle furnace, a total of ten of which were installed in Krematorien II and III.   Translation of inscriptions (from top to bottom and left to right):        · Incinération facilitée (+) ou non (-) / Incineration facilitated (+) or otherwise (-)     · Cadavres normaux / Normal corpses    · Cadavres amaigris / Wasted corpses          L: Side muffle      M: Center muffle          · Bac de receuil des cendres / Ash collection bin    · Générateur ou foyer d'alimentation / Firebox or coke-burning hearth    · Conduit souterrain d'évacuation des fumées / Underfloor smoke flue     Document 26 [PMO neg. no. 892] Ash collection bins from the cremation furnaces of the Birkenau Krematorien found in the Bauhof in 1945. It is impossible to say whether they came from Krematorien II/III or IV/V and not very important if the bins were similar for the two types of furnace. Document 27 [PMO neg. no. 890]    Document 28   Document 28: Bauleitung drawing 2221 [PMO neg. no. 20583]        Kriegsgefangenenlager Lageplan / plan of the prisoner of war camp Scale 1:2000 Drawn by prisoner 538 and checked by SS Second Lieutenants Dejaco and Janisch on 20/3/ 43 This Bauleitung source confirms the erection in mid-March 1943 of a hut [B] running south-north in the north yard of Krematorium II, which was used, according to Henryk Tauber, as an undressing room, apparently because the access stairway to the underground undressing room [Leichenkeller 2] was not yet completed     AUSCHWITZ: Technique and operation of the gas chambers Jean-Claude Pressac © 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation  Back Page 492 Forward
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