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the water situation is very favourable because the draining works can
be placed below the confluence of the Weichsel [Vistula], Przemsza, and Sola
Rivers and sufficient water will be available, even with minimum outflow. Exact
outflow data will be obtained from the Katowice Water Office.
Coal can be procured from 3 sides; to wit, the Cracow district, the
central district, and the coal deposits southwest of the building site, where
the new Brzeszcze and Jawiszowitz shafts of the Hermann Goering Werke are
located, and from the Silesia Shaft, near Dzieditz, which is supposed to be the
property of Elektroindustrie/Berlin. The distance from the central and Cracow
districts is about 25 kilometers by rail, and from the southwestern district
about 9-10 kilometers by rail. It would be preferable to get supplies from the
southwestern district because a private works railroad could be built for that
purpose. According to Herr Weber's statements, the quantities mined by the two
mines of the Hermann Goering Werke at present amount to 4,900 tons per day and
those mined by “Silesia” to 1,500 tons per day. The production at the
mines belonging to the Hermann Goering Werke can easily be increased to 7,000
tons per day, so that a total of 8,500 tons per day can be procured from this
district. In theory, these 3 mines can meet the total requirements of the
hydogenation plant. We were unable to ascertain whether there is available a
coal suitable for hydrogenation with a low ash content of about 3-5 percent,
low oxygen content, et cetera. Should the 840,000 tons of hydrogenation coal
not be available, these amounts would have to be sent from the central or
Cracow districts. Herr Hentrich suggests that the mines in the vicinity of the
site be inspected in order to ascertain if the types of coal are suitable and
so that experiments to this end be conducted in Ludwigshafen.
At
present, the locality of Auschwitz is still outside the police jurisdiction of
the German Reich area. It appears that it is at present still being used as a
reservoir of Jewish manpower [Juden reservoir]. Since it may be expected that
the greater part of the inhabitants will be evacuated when construction begins,
in view of the population policy, there would be suitable quarters available to
accommodate building workers and later on factory staff.
In addition,
the site is very favorably located from the point of view of possible air
pollution, so that, taking everything into account, it can be said that this
building site would in every respect satisfy the requirements.
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