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156 J. GRAF, T. KUES, C. MATTOGNO, SOBIBÓR
earthed by the digging 3/01. The well had an inner diameter of 90 cm
and was filled with sand at the time when excavations began. 462
5.4.2.4. Object D
This building object is located in Hectare XXV, Ar 33. It was unearthed
by the diggings 4/01, 4a/01 and 4b/01. Kola writes: 463
“It is the imprint of a small wooden building occupying a rectangular
area of approx. 5.2 × 3.0 m. Here, similarly to the building
relic designated as Object B (located directly to the north of Object
D), the wooden construction elements were dismantled and removed.
Judging from the archaeologically recognized relic structures, this
building could have had a shallow cellar or might have been a semidugout,
about 1.5 m deep into the ground.
Little can be said in the current stage of exploring Camp III
about how this building would have been used. Notably, in the remains
of Object D numerous objects were found – most likely belonging
to the victims – such as: dentures, spectacle frames and
lenses, fragments of combs and hairclips, mirror fragments, cigarette
holder fragments, soap dishes, clothing buttons, a spoon, a
fragment of an electric razor, perfume bottles, belt buckles, pocket
knives, a scissors fragment, a cut-throat razor.
Between ten and twenty rifle shell-cases were also found – these
were Mauser, Mosin-Nagant, and pistol shell-cases. The connecting
elements of the building structure on the other hand contained numerous
heavily corroded iron artifacts.”
As with Object B one may note the presence of a large number of
toilet articles (combs, hairclips, soap dishes, perfume bottles) which, if
like Kola we assume them to be the belongings of the alleged victims,
seems inconsistent with the eye witnesses’ claims that the deportees not
only undressed, but also handed over all their belongings in the camp II
reception area before they were led through the “tube” to camp III and
the “gas chambers.”
Kola next makes the following comment on the location of the objects
A-D: 463
“When analyzing the topography of objects A, B, and D, their
regular arrangement catches one’s attention – they are located
along a line running in North-South direction. Plenty of further
463
Ibid., p. 120.