The Gas Vans: A Critical Investigation - Holocaust Handbooks

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– 7-10 min. (The People’s Verdict 1944, p. 17)
– 7-8 min. (NMT, vol. 4, p. 213; LG Frankfurt/M., 12 Mar. 1966, p.
344)
– several minutes (The People’s Verdict 1944, p. 8)
– a few / 5-10 min (Kogon et al. 1993, p. 65; LG Karlsruhe, 20 Dec.
1961, p. 100; LG/BG Neubrandenburg, 22 Feb. 1961, p. 393)
– 6-7 min. (Podchlebnik)
– 5-7 min. (Kogon et al. 1993, p. 70)
– at least 5 minutes (LG München I, 29 Mar. 1974, p. 601)
– 4-5 min. (Bednarz 1946c, pp. 22, 60)
– 2-3 min (Kogon et al. 1993, p. 98)
4.2.6. Poison Source
– Diesel exhaust gases (The People’s Verdict 1944, pp. 8f., 13, 17, 49;
plus any reference to Saurer trucks, see chapter 4.2.2.)
– gas and exhaust fumes from burning gasoline in the engine (Kogon
et al. 1993, p. 59); Otto/gasoline engine (ibid., pp. 77, 98; LG Kiel,
26 Nov. 1965, p. 430; LG Kiel, 14 June 1974, p. 662)
– exhaust gases (Rosenberg 1985, p. 36; Loewenstein 1961, p. 51;
Sherman-Zander 1984, p. 50; NMT, vol. 4, p. 448; Manoschek 1998,
p. 230 (switchable); IMT, vol. 7, p. 573; Beer 1987, pp. 410, 412;
Kogon et al. 1993, pp. 60f., 63f. 86f.; LG Munich 15 Nov. 1974; LG
Wuppertal, 30 Dec. 1965, p. 513; LG Frankfurt/M., 12 Mar. 1966, p.
344, and many others)
– exhaust gases and other gases (Choumoff 1987, p. 35; Klamper
1991, p. 33)
– exhaust gas from engine fueled with methanol (Kazimierz
Grabowski, Höß Trial, vol. 26, pp. 32f.) or maybe with other additives
(Bednarz 1946c, p. 25)
– carbon monoxide (NMT, vol. 4, p. 441)
– bottled carbon monoxide (Rückerl 1977, p. 267; Morsch/Perz/Ley
2011, p. 180)
– Zyklon B dumped in from the driver’s cabin (Choumoff 1987, pp.
39, 42f.; Klamper 1991, p. 33)
Some witnesses claimed separate gas-producing devices, which are
listed in the next subchapter, together with the various means of piping
the poison into the cargo box.