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(cont.)
[The identification stone bore the dead prisoner’s number and was
placed in his mouth before incineration. Being fire-proof, it was then placed
in the urn with the late prisoner’s ashes and proved his identity
(explanation given by Mrs. Elizabeth Pastwa, keeper of records with the
Musée de la résistance et de la déportation in
Besançon).] |
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| 20. |
Pile of
29 kg of hair shaved off internees for the manufacture of felt. |
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| 21. |
Location
of the first crematorium. |
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III. The Struthof Gas Chamber |
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| 22. |
The
building which would contain the gas chamber shown before the war.
[lt
contained a restaurant that served inexpensive meals to skiers. View of the
north and west façades. The west entrance door and the ventilation
chimney did nor exist.] |
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| 23. |
View of
the same innocent-looking cottage.
[West and south façades at the
time of liberation.] |
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| 24. |
Plan of
the gas chamber.
[This photograph of rather poor quality is all that
remains of the gas chamber plan drawn up at liberation. The original tracing
has not been found in the Struthof Trial records. A protective housing attached
to the outside over the funnel seems to have been installed, although it is
slightly “obliterated” on the plan.] |
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| 25. |
Interior
view of the Gas Chamber, showing the walls covered by white tiling, with: a)
Electric ceiling-light. b) Observation peep-hole. c) Hole in the wall that
could have been used to pass through a tube or a lever. d) Electric plug. e)
Square excavation of undetermined application.
[Note the lack of
precision in these legends, even though the witnesses and defendants described
the fixtures perfectly.] |
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| 26. |
Interior
view showing location of the water run-off grill (g). |
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| 27. |
Another
interior view showing grill over opening of gas exhaust conduit (g). |
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| 28. |
View of
the door. Interior side covered with enameled metal sheet and fitted with a gas
admission pipe (a).
[Pipe (a) is a gas sampling aperture used in
the experiments with phosgene.] |
