THE RUDOLF REPORT

7. ZYKLON B FOR THE KILLING OF HUMAN BEINGSEYEWITNESS CLAIMCremation of bodiesin crematorium ovenswithout fuel.Commencement ofbody transport fromthe chamber ofcrematoria II and III20 minutes after commencementofventilation, withoutgas masks.Cremation of thecorpses in pits 1.5 to3 meters deep.Cremation of thecorpses with methanoland/or old oil.Pouring escapinghuman fat over thebodies.Flames shooting outof heavily smokingcrematorium chimneys.EVALUATIONThis testimony is quite absurd. Cadavers never burn due totheir own fat content alone. Additional fuel is always required.The unheated morgues 1 of crematoria II and III, filled withbodies, would have been incompletely ventilated in 15 to 20minutes using the allegedly built-in ventilation installation.Hydrogen cyanide released for hours from the Zyklon B distributedamong the bodies, release of hydrogen cyanide absorbedby the skin and walls and the absence of air exchangesbetween the bodies would have led to ventilation timesamounting to several hours, before the cellar could have beenentered without gas masks equipped with filters.Due to the high water table in Birkenau in 1942-1994, deeppits would have quickly filled with water. The maintenance offires in such pits was not possible.The complete cremation of corpses requires a high temperature.Liquid fuels always burn only near and on the corpse, sothat the heat is lost upwards; in addition, they trickle downinto the subsoil in open air. Methanol evaporates very easilyand therefore has a very low flame temperature. Experimentswith cremations in the open air show that corpses can be carbonizedon the outside, but not however entirely crematedwith these fuels.This is an entirely absurd testimony. If anything burns in theflesh at all, it is the fat. Since the bodies would have beenlying in the fire, the fat cannot possibly have been collectedoutside the fire by means of channels.Coke fires are very short-flamed and develop only littlesmoke, and this smoke usually burns within the muffle. Evencarbonized, burning corpses do not generate any flame and dosmoke only slightly if the muffle is working inefficiently.That flames could penetrate through a 10 meter long flue anda 15 ft high chimney to the outside, is technically impossible.Even the fire’s reflections disappear in the flue.237