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GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTflatly claimed that, according to unnamed experts:“Cyanide compounds decompose very quickly. In the ground, thisoccurs even after six to eight weeks; in masonry, these compounds couldonly be preserved under ‘absolute conditions of conservation includingcomplete exclusion of air and bacteria.” 387Inquiries with the dpa press office in Stuttgart which publishedthe report revealed that the writer responsible for the report, AlbertMeinecke, had simply invented this expert opinion. 388 This obviouslie continues to be further disseminated, even by German governmentagencies such as, for example, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior. 3896.7. Influence of Various Building Materials6.7.1. Brick6.7.1.1. OverviewBricks are well-known to acquire their hardness and stability duringtheir baking process. This causes an intensive binding of the componentsin bricks (sintering). One result of this is that the reactivity ofthe iron oxide occurring in bricks (2 to 4%) is strongly reduced, so thata perceptible inclination to form iron cyanide is hardly to be anticipated.The immediate surface of bricks slightly attacked by atmosphericinfluences (weathering) nevertheless constitutes an exception tothis rule, so that the superficially adherent iron oxide is available forconversion into Iron Blue.387 German daily newspapers, for instance: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Südwestpresse-Verbund(March 29, 1994), taz, Frankfurter Rundschau (March 30, 1994).388 See also W. Schlesiger, op. cit. (note 91), pp. 21-24; G. Rudolf, “Über die frei erfundeneExpertenmeinung der ‘dpa’”, DGG 42(2) (1994), pp. 25f. (online:www.vho.org/D/DGG/Rudolf42_2.html); Engl. in the appendix to this book, chapter 11.5.389 See the Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior, Verfassungsschutzbericht 1997, Munich1998, p. 64. A corresponding reference to the factual incorrectness of the remarks made in thisregard by the Arbeitskreis Zeitgeschichte und Politik (in a letter by president Hans-JürgenWitzsch, dated Oct. 8, 1998, Fürth) was countered by the Ministry as follows: “Your efforts todeny and/or relativize the crimes of the National Socialists have been known to the securityauthorities for years. […] We see no occasion for a discussion of gas chambers.” The letter,from Dr. Weber of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior dated Oct. 13, 1998, ref. IF1-1335.31-1, probably established a new world record for stupidty.180