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GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORT208otherwise in morgue, some of them next tocorpses of last gassing victims awaiting cremation;entry into ‘gas chambers’ past coal room anddoctor’s office; evacuation of the entire building;introduction of Zyklon B through hatches from aladder after closure of door(s); opening of doorsafter 15 to 20 minutes; removal of corpses tomorgue or to cremation ditches behind crematoriumV by the Sonderkommando, some of themwearing gas masks, some not. According to Pressac,the number of victims can only be estimatedwith difficulty, probably approximately100,000. 464 A similar scenario applies to farmhousesI and II (see chapter 5.4.3.).7.3.1.3. Quantities of Poison Gas7.3.1.3.1. OverviewOpinions differ as to the concentration of poison gas alleged tohave been used in the presumed executions (see next chapter). Theonly indirect source available to us are the alleged execution times reportedby the eyewitnesses, which in turn permit a crude estimate ofthe concentrations used. These reported execution times all allege agassing time of only a few minutes. 465464 Ibid., pp. 384-390.465 With relation to the killing times, see in, for example: Schwurgericht Hagen, verdict from July24, 1970, ref. 11 Ks 1/70, p. 97 (5 min.); Final Trial Brief of the Prosecution, quoted acc. to U.Walendy, Auschwitz im IG-Farben-Prozeß, op. cit. (note 157), pp. 47-50 (3 to 15 minutes inextreme cases); E. Kogon et al., op. cit. (note 42), ubiquitous (immediately up to 10 min.,more rarely, up to 20 min.); J. Buszko (ed.), Auschwitz, Nazi Extermination Camp, InterpressPublishers, Warschau 2 1985, in cooperation with the Auschwitz State Museum, pp. 114 + 118(a few minutes); H.G. Adler, H. Langbein, E. Lingens-Reiner (ed.), Auschwitz, EuropäischeVerlagsanstalt, Cologne 3 1984, pp. 66, 80 + 200 (a few minutes, up to 10 minutes); HamburgerInstitut für Sozialforschung (ed.), Die Auschwitz-Hefte, vol. 1, Beltz Verlag, Weinheim1987, pp. 261ff. +294 (instantly, up to 10 min.); C. Vaillant-Couturier, in: Der Prozeß gegendie Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem Internationalen Miltärgerichtshof Nürnberg (IMT), vol.VI, p. 242 (5 to 7 min.); M. Nyiszli in: G. Schoenberner (ed.), Wir haben es gesehen, Fourier,Wiesbaden 1981, p. 250 (5 min.); C.P. Bendel in: H. Langbein, Menschen in Auschwitz, Europaverlag,Vienna 1987, p. 221 (end of screaming of victims after 2 min.); P. Broad in: B.Naumann, Auschwitz, Athenäum, Frankfurt/Main 1968, p. 217 (4 min.), opening of doors after10-15 minutes: A. Rückerl, NS-Verbrechen vor Gericht, C.F. Müller, Heidelberg, 2 1984, pp.58f.; K. Hölbinger in: H. Langbein, Der Auschwitz-Prozeß, Europäische Verlagsanstalt,Frankfurt/Main 1965, p. 73 (1 min.): R. Böck, ibid., p. 74 (screaming victims for 10 minutesfollowing closure of doors, followed by opening of doors, cf. note 297); H. Stark, ibid., p. 439