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5. AUSCHWITZplaining in detail: 236‘Above all, the ordered doors of Bftgb. No. 17010/42/Ky/Pa oforder letter dated 26.10.42 for crematorium I of the concentrationcamp is urgently needed for carrying out special measures.’The expression ‘carrying out special measures’ had no criminal significanceat all. On the contrary, it denoted the construction of hygienicsanitaryinstallations, including the hospital for the prisoners (Häftlingslazarett)projected for the BIII sector of Birkenau. Therefore, if the crematoriumwas made for ‘carrying out special measures,’ it means that itwas a part of these installations and its hygienic-sanitary function wasexclusively the cremation of dead bodies of deceased camp prisoners.”5.4.1.2.7. “Gas Testers” and “Indicator Devices for HCN Residues”Fact 1: There is a telegram of February 26, 1943, by means ofwhich heating technician Jährling of the Topf & Söhne oven constructionfirm orders “10 Gas testers” for crematorium II.Fact 2: There is a letter from the Topf corporation of March 2,1943, which, referring to the above telegram, mentions “Anzeigegerätefür Blausäure-Reste” (indicator devices for HCN residues).Incorrect conclusion: The SS ordered the indicator devices in orderto verify whether the ventilation of the ‘gas chamber’ was successfulafter completion of mass murder with hydrogen cyanide in crematoriumII. 237Correct conclusion: According to the technical literature, “Gastesters” are flue gas analyzers intended to determine the exhaust gascomposition of oven gases. 238 Such devices were standard equipmentin crematoria. That the above mentioned order referred to such devicesis clear from the fact that they were ordered by a heating technicianfrom an oven construction firm. The letter in reply from the Topf corporationdated March 2, 1943, stating that one must first find out whomarketed these devices, has been revealed on several occasions to bean absurdity: 239236 APMO, BW 30/34, p. 78.237 See the two footnotes above, with relation to Pressac; van Pelt, Pelt Report, op. cit. (note 66),pp. 200, 254.238 Akademischer Verein Hütte (ed.), Hütte, Ernst und Sohn, Berlin 27 1942, p. 1087239 Werner Rademacher, “The Case of Walter Lüftl”, in Ernst Gauss (ed.), op. cit. (note 22), pp.78ff. (online: www.vho.org/D/gzz/3.html); C. Mattogno, “Die ‘Gasprüfer’ von Auschwitz”,111