THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTWhen considering the volume of the two morgues (morgue 1÷504m 3 ; morgue 2÷900 m 3 ), the results for the alleged, planned ‘gas chambers’(4,800/504 =) are approximately 9.5 air exchanges per hour andfor the undressing room (10,000/900 =) approximately 11 air exchangesper hour. Does anybody seriously believe that, at the end ofMay 1943, i.e., two months after the beginning of the alleged massmurders, it was assumed that the ‘gas chambers’ would need less ventilationthan the undressing rooms, or even less than the dissectingrooms, laying out rooms and wash rooms, the ventilation efficiency ofwhich were even greater—approximately 13 1 / 3 air exchanges per hour?Wilhem Heepke’s classic work on the construction of crematoriastates that a morgue requires a minimum of 5 air exchanges per hourand 10 during intensive use. 222 Thus it is clear that the ventilation installationsprovided for the morgues were designed, in terms of ordersof magnitude, for morgues in intensive use or for morgues containingthe bodies of epidemic disease victims. For comparison: Zyklon B disinfestationchambers with circulating air systems were equipped with72 air exchanges per hour. 223 Furthermore, it should be mentioned thatthe original plans for a new crematorium in the main camp from1941—a time when even Pressac admits that the SS had no criminalintentions—provided for 17(!) air exchanges per hour for the dissectingroom(!) and the morgues. 224 This exchange rate is considerablyhigher than what was later realized for all rooms of crematoria II andIII, including the alleged ‘gas chambers’. Thus, on the way from beneficialplanning to (allegedly sinister) construction, the air exchangerates had been drastically reduced (probably in order to reduce costs).Does anybody seriously believe, the SS would have lowered the ventilationcapacity when changing the designation of a morgue from abeneficial use to a homicidal ‘gas chamber’, instead of increasing it?This is thus the final refutation of any argument on the alleged criminalcharacteristics of the ventilation installations in these crematoria.5.4.1.2.5. Pre-heated MorguesFact: The morgues of crematoria II and III were never heated, althougha heating system was temporarily considered; water pipes in222 W. Heepke, Die Leichenverbrennungs-Anstalten, C. Marhold, Halle 1905, p. 104.223 Gerhard Peters, Emil Wüstiger “Sach-Entlausung in Blausäure-Kammern”, Zeitschrift fürhygienische Zoologie und Schädlingsbekämpfung, 10/11 (1940), pp. 191-196, here p. 195.224 J.-C. Pressac, Les crématoires d’Auschwitz, op. cit. (note 90) p. 18.108