THE RUDOLF REPORT

8. EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL ANALYSESTable 17: Cyanide concentrations in the masonry of‘gas chambers’/disinfestation chambersAccording to F.A. Leuchter/Alpha Analytic Laboratories, Ashland,Massachusetts, USATest sample no. Sample taking locationCN - [mg per kg]1-7 Crematorium II, morgue 1 0.08 Crematorium III, morgue 1 1.99 Crematorium III, morgue 1 6.710,11 Crematorium III, morgue 1 0.012 Door sealing 0.013,14 Crematorium IV 0.015 Crematorium IV 2.316 Crematorium IV 1.417-19 Crematorium IV 0.020 Crematorium IV 1.421 Crematorium V 4.422 Crematorium V 1.723,24 Crematorium V 0.025 Crematorium I, morgue 3.826 Crematorium I, morgue 1.327 Crematorium I, morgue 1.428 Crematorium I, wash room 1.329 Crematorium I, morgue 7.930 Crematorium I, morgue 1.131 Crematorium I, morgue 0.032 Disinfestation chamber 1 1,050.0The morgue of crematorium I and morgue 1 of crematorium II are alleged to have beenhomicidal ‘gas chambers’.As shown in chapter 6.5., the environment is only alkaline in thenon-carbonated masonry. It was also established that an alkaline environmenteven supports the accumulation of cyanide and certain othersteps in the reaction towards the formation of Iron Blue. If one assumes,as an extreme case, a complete conversion of all iron compoundscontained in the masonry into pigment (1 to 2% iron content),the values found by Leuchter are even rather low. Whether the walls ofthe disinfestation wing were painted blue, i.e., whether a high cyanidecontent can only be found on the upper, i.e., the paint layer of the wall,will be discussed at a later time.Pressac opines that the low cyanide traces in the masonry of thecrematoria are the final proof of the existence of the ‘gas chambers,’since they are still detectable today after what was, in his opinion, app. 112-118249