THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTdiscussed the selection of the analytical method. 57 This was said tohave been selected because the authors could not imagine how blueiron cyanide compounds could form in the masonry:“It is hard to imagine the chemical reactions and physicochemicalprocesses that could have led to the formation of Prussian blue in thatplace.”They furthermore assume, together with J. Bailer, 52,54 that the bluepigmentation of the disinfestation chamber walls could be due to a coatof paint. To exclude this pigmentation from the analysis, they decidedto apply a method which is insensitive to iron cyanides.An exchange of correspondence with myself in 1995 once againrevealed the general incompetence with which the Polish researchersapproached this set of problems. 58,59A more detailed discussion of the Polish findings appears in chapter8.4.2.8.3.3. G. Rudolf/Fresenius InstituteOnly a few samples were taken from the alleged homicidal ‘gaschambers.’ Care was taken to ensure that samples were only takenfrom material not exposed to weathering. Only a few places in morgue1 (the alleged ‘gas chamber’) in crematorium II at Birkenau, where apillar supports the roof even today and has therefore visibly protectedboth the underside of the roof and parts of the wall from all influenceof weathering, exemplified by the deposition of spider webs manyyears old and the absence of any trace of lime precipitation on the concreteor mortar, which would be caused by rain water.Many samples have already been taken from the alleged ‘gaschambers’ by the Cracow team and Leuchter, all with at least nearlynegative results. Since it was above all a matter of clarifying the questionof which circumstances favor the formation of pigment and sinceclearly positive findings were not to be expected according to theanalyses performed in the alleged ‘gas chambers’ thus far, the samplegathering took place chiefly in the disinfestation chambers of Buildings5a and 5b in construction section Ia and/or Ib. It is known thattheir walls not only contain large quantities of pigment, but that their agealso corresponds approximately to that of the crematoria on the samelocation, which cannot be said of the buildings in the main camp. Theage can, but need not, have an influence on the chemistry of the wall252