THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORT“Half an hour after the introduction of the gas, the door was openedand the ventilation installation was turned on. Removal of the bodies beganimmediately […]” (p. 166.)and elsewhere: 438“[…]Q But was not it [sic] quite dangerous work for these inmates to go intothese chambers and work among the bodies and among the gasfumes?A No.Q Did they carry gas masks?A They had some, but they did not need them, as nothing ever happened.[…]”Anyone who has ever grilled meat knows that fat cannot bescooped up from burning flesh. Fat ignites at approximately 184°C. 439It is therefore the first thing that burns on a corpse located in a fire.Hence, it is impossible to collect the easily combustible fat during theincineration of a corpse. After all, the bodies were burnt—not grilled.The incineration of corpses in the open air with combustible fluidsis impracticable because fluids have the property of flowing down oraway and/or evaporating. When corpses, which consist of more than60% water, are burnt, this must take place with the expenditure of quitelarge quantities of fuel and great heat. In particular, open oil or methanecombustion would be insufficient.The alleged attempt to destroy bodies by means of explosives requiresno further comment. In reading such testimonies, one must inevitablywonder as to Höß’s mental condition in writing them, as wellas that of anyone who takes such claims seriously. Unfortunately, suchtestimonies are the rule rather than the exception. 440Entering the ‘gas chamber’ without a protective filter, eating andsmoking in the ‘gas chamber’, as well as the commencement of thecorpse dragging operation immediately after the opening of the doors,would only be conceivable if there were no longer any dangerous438 Henry Friedländer, The Holocaust, Vol. 12: “The ‘finale solution’ in the extermination campsand the aftermath”, Garland, New York 1982, p. 113, Testimony of R. Höß, taken at Nuremberg,April 2, 1946.439 J.H. Perry, Chemical Engineer’s Handbook, Wilmington Delaware 1949, p. 1584.440 For a more detailed study in this regard, see Arnulf Neumaier, “The Treblinka-Holocaust”, inE. Gauss (ed.), op. cit. (note 22), pp. 467-495 (online:www.vho.org/GB/Books/dth/fndtreb.html).200