THE RUDOLF REPORT

Table of ContentsPage1. Prelude............................................................................................ 111.1. Slow Death in U.S. Gas Chambers .......................................... 111.2. Hydrogen Cyanide—a Dangerous Poison................................ 151.3. The Acid that Causes Blue Stains ............................................ 202. The Coup........................................................................................ 232.1. Fred Leuchter on Auschwitz and Majdanek............................. 232.2. Damage Control ....................................................................... 263. The Origins .................................................................................... 293.1. On the Problem ........................................................................ 323.2. On Politics................................................................................ 364. A Brief History of Forensic Examinations of Auschwitz........... 394.1. Introduction.............................................................................. 394.2. The Moral Obligation of Forensic Examination ...................... 394.3. A Definition of Forensic Science ............................................. 414.4. Forensic Science and Auschwitz.............................................. 424.4.1. Forensics in the Courts........................................................... 424.4.1.1. The 1946 Cracow Auschwitz Trial...................................... 424.4.1.2. The 1964-1966 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial .......................... 444.4.1.3. The 1972 Vienna Auschwitz Trial....................................... 454.4.2. Forensics Outside the Courts.................................................. 464.4.2.1. In Search of Mass Graves .................................................... 464.4.2.2. Faurisson and the Consequences ......................................... 465. Auschwitz ....................................................................................... 495.1. Introduction.............................................................................. 495.1.1. “Opera During the Holocaust................................................ 495.1.2. On the History of the Camp ................................................... 515.2. Epidemics and the Defense Against them................................ 595.2.1. Danger of Epidemics.............................................................. 595.2.2. Epidemic Control with Zyklon B ........................................... 605.2.3. Epidemic Control in Auschwitz ............................................. 655