AUSCHWITZ: ������������������������Technique and Operation ����������������������������of the Gas Chambers �� � Back� �Contents Page 170 Home Page� Forward � � � � � Document 7: Drawing 3386 [PMO neg. No. 20943/30] � � � � � � K.G.L. Auschwitz Kl�ranlage B.A. III BW 18 / Auschwitz POW camp sewage treatment plant Birkenau III BW 18 MECH. BIOLOG, KL�RANLAGE B.A. III SYSTEMS S.A.G./ Mechanical and biological purification plant for Birkenau III, S.A.G. System Scale 1:100 Drawing 3386, drawn by prisoner 72231 on 16/12/43, Checked by Janisch on 22/12/43 and approved by Jothann. � � � � � � � � � Translation of inscriptions� � � � � ��� Provisorische Erdbecken / provisional earth basins� � ��� Sp�terer Ausbau als Schlammfaulbeh�lter / later conversion to sledge digester basin� � ��� Emscherbrunnen / digester reservoir� � ��� Schieberschacht / sluice well� � ��� Beschickungsbeh�lter / feed tank� � ��� Schlammschacht / sludge well � � ��� Pumpenhaus /pump house� � ��� Biologische Tropfk�rper / biological bacteria bed� � ��� Nachkl�rung / final decantatton� � ��� Graben F / drainage ditch F � � � � � � This drawing shows the second version, the first being identical to that of Birkenau B.A. II, of the Birkenau BA. III sewage treatment plant proposed by the Bauleitung, this one integrating in the installation the four provisional earth basins. transforming them into sludge digester tanks. � � � AUSCHWITZ: Technique and operation of the gas chambers Jean-Claude Pressac � 1989, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation �Back Page 170 Forward �
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