THE RUDOLF REPORT

5.4.2. Crematoria IV and V5. AUSCHWITZFigure 56 shows the ground plan of crematorium IV and mirrorsymmetricallythat of crematorium V. 276 Based on cost considerations,these buildings, planned and begun later, were constructed in a simplermanner than crematoria II and III. Due to low quality materials, thecrematorium ovens of both crematoria broke down shortly after theputting into operation of the installation. They were not repaired due tocrematorium over-capacity. There are few documents as well as contradictoryand, to some extent, incredible eyewitness testimonies relatingto these installations, which, according to Pressac, must be consideredthe least well-known: 277“[…] the least known of the instruments of extermination […] acomparison of such testimonies reveals inconsistencies.”These crematoria were planned starting in the summer of 1942,built until early 1943. According to Pressac, in addition to the twowestern rooms, which bear no designation in the plans, the vestibulesare also supposed to have been used as homicidal ‘gas chambers’. AllNorthsideFig. 56: North lateral view (above) and ground plan (below) of crematoriumIV and/or V (mirror image) in Auschwitz II/Birkenau camp. 2761: Alleged ‘gas chambers’; 2: Alleged Zyklon B introduction hatches; 3:Heating ovens; 4: Coke room; 5: Doctor’s office; 6: Morgue; 7: Ventilationchimneys; 8: Gullies; 9: Oven room; 10: Crematorium ovens276 Plan received from R. Faurisson. The same plan is found in J.-C. Pressac, op. cit. (note 67), p.401, but of very poor quality.135