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Some documents and photographs from the archives of the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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Prepared by Daniel Keren

Krematorium III in Auschwitz-Birkenau A report by SS experts, estimating the cremation capacity in Auschwitz-Birkenau at 4,756 corpses in 24 hours
Krematoriums III (left) and IV (right) in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Inside the Krematoriums were both gassing installations to murder the victims with cyanide gas, and cremation furnaces to burn the corpses. See study of the cyanide compounds in the gas chambers.
 
Furnaces in an Auschwitz-Birkenau crematorium Open air burning of corpses in Auschwitz
Furnaces in an Auschwitz-Birkenau crematorium.
 		 Open air burning of corpses in Auschwitz.
A document which mentions a 'gassing cellar' in an Auschwitz-Birkenau crematorium Official SS labor deployment report, listing 870 stokers in the Auschwitz-Birkenau crematoriums A document requesting cyanide gas detector for an Auschwitz-Birkenau crematorium A report by SS experts, estimating the cremation capacity in Auschwitz-Birkenau at 4,756 corpses in 24 hours
A document which mentions a 'gassing cellar' in an Auschwitz-Birkenau crematorium.
 		 Official SS labor deployment report, listing 870 stokers in the Auschwitz-Birkenau crematoriums.
 		 A document requesting cyanide gas detectors for an Auschwitz-Birkenau crematorium.
 		 A report by SS experts, estimating the cremation capacity in Auschwitz-Birkenau at 4,756 corpses in 24 hours.
Gas chamber door: outer side Gas chamber door: inner side Gas chamber door: close-up on protective grid in the inner side
Three views of gas tight door for a homicidal gas chamber in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Left: outer side. Middle: inner side. Right: close-up on protective grid on peep-hole in the inner side, placed so the victims will not be able to break the glass.
 

   

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