THE RUDOLF REPORT

7. ZYKLON B FOR THE KILLING OF HUMAN BEINGSis described above. In our case, this is certainly given for the areasbetween the corpses, since here almost no mixing of the gasestakes place. Additionally, the unfavorable location of the air intakesto the exhausts leads to a partial exchange of fresh gas (airshort circuit). This increases the ventilation time by a factor two tofour or more.The following chapter will determine, which scenario was given inthe alleged ‘gas chambers’.7.3.2.2.3. Ventilation of the Morgues of Crematorium II and IIIAs shown above, when fresh air and stale air mix together, theconcentration of the latter falls to only approximately 37% of the initialvalue after one complete air exchange, and to approximately 14% aftera second exchange.Data are only available on the ventilation installations in crematoriaII and III, so that at this point we have to ignore all other ‘gaschambers’ in this regard. 478 In chapter 5.4.1.2.4., the ventilation capacityof morgues 1 of crematoria II and III was shown to have been 4,800m 3 per hour. With a volume of free air in the morgue 1 of 430 m 3 , thevolume of the room would be exchanged once in approximately 5-6minutes. 466For morgues 1 of crematoria II and III under consideration at thispoint, however, a further problem arises. In particular, the ventilationintake has been installed only approximately 2 m away from the ventilationoutlet in the same wall. The distance to the ventilation outlet on theopposite wall, however, is 7.3 m, i.e., 3.5 times as far. The result, inthese cellars, is a ‘ventilation short circuit’, especially if we assume thatthe victims of the alleged mass extermination are all tightly crammedtogether, especially in the middle of the room, which would furtherlengthen the fresh air pathway from one side of the cellar to the other.The air blown into the ventilation intake openings would therefore, forthe most part, be immediately sucked out through the ventilation outletopenings located nearby. 479 Therefore, it must be expected that the actualventilation time would be greatly increased in comparison to a perfectmixing of fresh air and stale air as a result of this poor design.478 Crematorium I is deliberately left out of the discussion, since the mass murders allegedlycommitted there have, in the meantime, after all, been generally questioned.479 A reasonable regulation would have been to install the ventilation inlets on one side of theroom, and the ventilation outlets on the other side.223