THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTEYEWITNESS CLAIMDeath of all victimsafter 0 (instantaneously)to 15 minutes.Opening of the doorsto the ‘gas chamber’after the execution(and sometimes ashort ventilation time)and immediate commencementof transportof the bodieswithout gas masksand protective clothing.Blue vapor over thevictims.Bluish/greenish colorationof the skin ofthe victims.Attempted destructionof the bodies bymeans of explosives.Table 16: Evaluation of eyewitnessesEVALUATIONIf high concentrations of hydrogen cyanide are used, as inAmerican execution chambers, death occurs in a period of 10minutes or even later. During the process, the victim is thereforeexposed to a high overdose concentration of hydrogencyanide. Technically this is not possible with Zyklon B, sincethe Zyklon B carrier base releases the gas slowly (50% in 30to 90 minutes, according to the temperature and relative humidity).The distribution of the gas throughout the chamberfrom a few sources of hydrogen cyanide only, and the absorptionof the gas by the moist walls and the nearby victimswould further delay the process. Killing all the victims in afew (less than five) minutes would be impossible. Even duringthe use of very large quantities of Zyklon B (much more than10g per m 3 ).The ventilation system, if it existed, did not have the performanceto clear the chambers in the time frame attested to. Assumingthat the victims died quickly from the high concentrationsof toxic gas, then the workers in the Sonderkommandowould also have been killed by the gas. Working without gasmasks equipped with a filter is totally inconceivable; at highconcentrations of poison gas, even these are very unsafe.Heavy respiratory devices must be worn at concentrations ofover 0.5 Vol.%, which would render the removal of the bodiesmuch more difficult. Contamination through the skin must beexpected during heavy work, involving perspiration, and dueto the high concentrations of hydrogen cyanide on the skin ofthe victims. At the same time, such concentrations are sufficientto put a stop to the workers’ ability to work (dizziness,nausea, etc.). Protective clothing is therefore required.Hydrogen cyanide is a colorless liquid and/or an invisible gas.The name “Blausäure” (blue acid) is due to the reaction ofhydrogen cyanide with iron, forming the iron-blue pigment.There cannot, therefore, have been any blue vapor.Hydrogen cyanide blocks the oxygen supply to the cells. Theblood can no longer give off oxygen to the cells. Saturation ofthe blood with oxygen therefore occurs; the skin of the victimtherefore has a reddish, not bluish, appearance, especially onthe mucous membranes and during post-mortem lividity. Onthe other hand, if the victims had slowly suffocated, this couldexplain bluish coloration of skin.Totally unsuited and dangerous.236