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J. GRAF, T. KUES, C. MATTOGNO, SOBIBÓR 285
But how then could Michel’s talk be so convincing as to get the alleged
victims to applaud?
The same contradiction also appears in Thomas Blatt’s tale: 863
“Deception and camouflage permeated the system, from the
physical plan of the camp to the precise procedures followed upon
the arrival of the trains. […] The first view of Sobibór was innocuous:
the paved road from the main gate was lined by nicely
painted buildings adorned with well-kept lawns and flowers. […]
The condition of the transports often revealed the method by which
Jews were deceived. Thus, Jews from western European countries
(and especially from Holland) sometimes arrived in normal passenger
trains with proper medical personnel and with food and condensed
milk for the children. Their suspicion was not aroused when
they arrived at Sobibór. The personnel continued to treat them carefully
up to the moment of their deaths.”
Yet then again it could allegedly not be prevented that the deportees
became aware right away of the alleged “truth”: 864
“After all, it was not difficult for the prisoners in other compounds
to guess what was happening in Lager III. In summer, the
high temperatures caused the gasses and body fluids from decomposing
bodies to seep from the mass graves. The stench was unbearable,
and it spread for many miles. […] Later, when the crematorium
was built, fire and smoke were clearly visible for many miles,
and the camp was often wreathed in foul-smelling smoke.”
On the other had Freiberg himself said about the camp: 865
“There was a sign at the entrance to the camp – actually I did
not glance at it then, but subsequently, when I went out to work outside
the camp, I saw it – SS Sonderkommando Umsiedlungslager –
Camp for Resettlement.”
Franz Stangl spoke of an Umsiedlungslager as well. 866
It is a fact that the first descriptions of the alleged extermination facilities
given by the witnesses resemble more closely actual sanitary installations
(showers and disinfestation) than homicidal gas chambers.
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T. Blatt, op. cit. (note 17), pp. 22, 27.
Ibid., p. 17.
State of Israel, op. cit. (note 137), vol. III, p. 1167.
J. Schelvis, op. cit. (note 70), p. 45, nota 108.