The Gas Vans: A Critical Investigation - Holocaust Handbooks

SANTIAGO ALVAREZ, THE GAS VANS 295
Appendix 4: Dossier R 58/871 fº1, BAK
This file contains altogether 22 sheets. The first 21, which are of
significance, are reproduced here in chronological order; the 22nd
merely contains signatures, initials and illegible handwritten lines in
German, which is not relevant for this study.
Considering the decisive role the note of 5 June 1942 has in this context
– it is one of the two main pillars of the thesis of the existence of
“gas vans,” the second being the Becker document – it is appropriate to
also reproduce the other three parts of this file which obviously form
the basis of this note and which also give us technical information about
these unknown special vehicles used by the Germans during the Second
World War.
DOCUMENT PAGE
Letter of 26 March [194]2 .............................................................. 296
Translation & Remarks ............................................................. 297
Memo of 27 April 1942 .................................................................. 296
Translation & Remarks ............................................................. 299
Letter of 30 April 1942 ................................................................... 312
Translation & Remarks ............................................................. 314
Letter of 14 May 1942 .................................................................... 316
Translation ................................................................................. 317
Memo of 5 June 1942 (Just document) .......................................... 316
Memo and letter of 23 June 1942 ................................................... 323
Translation & Remarks ............................................................. 326
Juxtaposition of Two Documents .............................................. 328
Letter of 18 September 1942 .......................................................... 330
Translation ................................................................................. 331
Letter of 24 September 1942 .......................................................... 331
Translation ................................................................................. 333
With the exception of the note of 5 June 1942 (and maybe the one of
23 June 1942), the content of this file and in particular the correspondence
with the Gaubschat company does not contain unequivocal evidence
giving rise to the suspicion that this is about murdering people.