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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. |
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Translation of inscriptions
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Incinération facilitée (+) ou non (-) /
Incineration facilitated (+) or otherwise (-) |
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Cadavres normaux / Normal corpses |
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Cadavres amaigris / Wasted corpses |
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Bac de receuil des cendres / Ash collection bin |
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Générateur ou foyer d'alimentation /
Firebox or coke-burning hearth |
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Conduit souterrain d'évacuation des fumées /
Underfloor smoke flue |
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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. |
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Document 27
[PMO neg. no. 890] |
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Document 28:
Bauleitung drawing 2221 [PMO neg. no. 20583] |
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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 |
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