Gas Chamber Comparison Table
This table compares features of the so-called “Nazi gas chambers,” and includes one delousing chamber for reasons that will become clear.
| Site | Blue staining? | Roof hole? | Door | Destroyed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auschwitz — Krema 1 | no | yes, 2 (post-war) | one with glass, one doorway with no door | no | open threshold adjoins crematory; post-war chimney does not connect |
| Birkenau — Krema 2 | no | 2, not 4 as shown in air photos; holes not aligned; holes do not correspond with air photos | mostly: roof has fallen, but pieces are still there | ||
| Birkenau — Krema 3 | no | yes | |||
| Birkenau — delousing | inside and out | no | |||
| Majdanek — chember 1 | inside and out | 2, both of which open into the room; no lock on main door | no, but crematory was | plate-glass window with no protection; additional room inside the main room; located at bottom of hill on other side of camp from crematory | |
| Majdanek — chamber 2 | no | Provision for it, but never cut through; low enough to be blocked | latch from inside and the outside; peephole grid on outside of room | no, but crematory was | located at bottom of hill on other side of camp from crematory |
| Majdanek — chamber 3 | inside and out | no | latch from inside and the outside; peephole grid on outside of room | no, but crematory was | located at bottom of hill on other side of camp from crematory |
| Majdanek — chamber 4 | inside and out | yes, low enough to be blocked | latch from inside and the outside; peephole grid on outside of room | no, but crematory was | located at bottom of hill on other side of camp from crematory |
| Dachau | no | no; two chutes in the walls, could have been blocked; chutes located directly over floor drains | no | fake shower heads attached to concrete of the ceiling (probably added after liberation)¹; “mystery” room adjoins the gas chamber; room not useable as either gas chamber or shower room | |
| Mauthausen | no | yes, could have been blocked | no locks; can be opened from inside or outside; no grids over peepholes | no | Large drain in floor where Zyklon-B crystals could have been swept; full plumbing for showers |
Note
- This is not only the revisionist position, but the position of those at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as well.