The Gas Vans: A Critical Investigation - Holocaust Handbooks

116 SANTIAGO ALVAREZ, THE GAS VANS
Gestapo men seized the little girl and smeared her lips and nose with
a thick black liquid. The child instantly fell unconscious. The Gestapo
man picked her up and threw her into the van. On seeing this, the
mother uttered a wild shriek and rushed at the Gestapo man. After
struggling with the woman for several seconds the Gestapo man
succeeded in overpowering her and dragged her into the van.’” (p.
9f.)
This statement is interesting due to its similarity to claims regarding
the alleged murder methods used in the Sobibór camp, as attested to by
Soviet witness Alexander Pechersky, who also claimed the use of some
mysterious black/dark substances to poison people (Graf/Kues/Mattogno
2010, p. 70). It is today either dismissed or ignored by orthodox historians
as completely baseless, as no such rapidly acting poisonous
black substance has ever been identified. Hence this witness statement
may be a case of “cross-fertilization” of “independent” witnesses – or
merely a variation of mankind’s association of black with evil.
The pages 13 and 32 of The People’s Verdict deal with forensic examinations
of mass graves allegedly containing victims of homicidal
gassings by means of “gas vans.” If have analyzed these claims in chapter
1.2., to which I refer.
“Tishchenko answered in great detail showing that he was quite
familiar with the whole business. These vans were five-ton or seventon
motor trucks, he said, with bodies built over them. These had
double walls [probably doors] and false windows which gave them
the appearance of motor buses. At the rear of each vehicle there was
a door which closed hermetically. The floor consisted of a grating
under which ran the exhaust pipe from the Diesel engine by which
the vehicle was driven. The exhaust gas penetrated the interior of the
vehicle. When the vehicle was standing with the engine running,
death ensued within seven minutes; when it was in motion death ensued
in ten minutes. […] Tishchenko stated that one day he was present
when 67 adults and 18 children were bundled into a ‘murder
van.’” (pp. 16f.)
As mentioned before, it is not possible to pipe exhaust gas into a
hermetically sealed cargo box for more than a few minutes without the
box giving way in one way or another. If assuming some technical arrangement
that would have allowed this device to function (like openings
in the cargo box permitting excess gas to escape), and that suffocation
had occurred due to lack of oxygen, it is obvious that the amount of