Newsgroups: soc.history,alt.revisionism Subject: "A tall chimney had to be designed..." From: Ken McVayOrganization: The Nizkor Project Archive/File: camps/auschwitz auschwitz.016 Last-Modified: 1994/10/18 "The gas chambers at Auschwitz were designed by German firms and experts, who submitted their plans on a competitive basis. A processing unit had to be designed with the capacity to dispose of 2,000 bodies every twelve hours. A tall chimney had to be designed to provide the necessary draught for five furnaces, each with three doors, as supplied under contract by the German firm of Topf and Company of Erfurt. According to the specification plans, use could be made in the furnaces of body fat as fuel." (Gilbert, 69) Work Cited Gilbert, Martin. Final Journey: The Fate of the Jews in Nazi Germany. New York: Mayflower Books, 1979
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