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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and Operation
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Photo
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Photo 30:
exterior of PMO II-5-64/1 produced by the Auschwitz
DAW workshops in accordance with the Bauleitung order of 13th
February 1943 for 12 gas-tight “doors” 30 by 40 cm, these being the
dimensions of the shutter itself, not frame. In order to open the
“door”, TWO operations are necessary: after unscrewing the wing nut
and pivoting the bolt to the right the metal locking bar has to be
swung to the left, THEN the “door” can be opened. |
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Photo 32
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Photo 33:
exterior of PMO II-5-64/3 of a pattern different from the
first, with a larger “door” of 43 by 52 cm. This new “improved”.
model could be opened or closed in a single movement, the door being
fixed to the locking bar. It must be recalled that the SS man who
introduced the Zyklon-B into the gas chambers of Krematorien IV and
V had to balance on a short ladder in order to reach the
opening, with a can of Zyklon-B in one hand and thus having only one
hand free. This is why the manoeuvring of the “doors” was
simplified. PMO II-5-64/3 is in very poor condition On the
right is he locking bolt and wingnut in the open position, the bar
free to move. The heads of the bolts on Photo 32 are smooth
and on the inside, while the nuts are on the outside, a significant
fact when the purpose of these shutters is known.
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AUSCHWITZ:
Technique
and operation
of the gas chambers
Jean-Claude Pressac
© 1989, The
Beate Klarsfeld Foundation |
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