THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTFig. 19: Ventilation outlets from the disinfestation wing of building BW 5b,without equipment today. The ends of the water pipes are visible inside; seealso Fig. 20.and received two small hot air chambers, visible in Fig. 18. 154 Thebuildings have ordinary brick walls and a concrete foundation builtlevel with the ground, plastered and whitewashed on the interior withchalk-based mortar. The room in building 5b has no separate ceiling,the roof’s framework is covered from underneath with boards of anunknown material (perhaps Heraclite). Originally without windows,like building BW 5b today, the disinfestation wing of BW 5a wasequipped, during the building alterations, with windows firmly walledin which cannot be opened.In the gable wall of the disinfestation room in BW 5b are two circularopenings, approximately 50 cm in diameter, corresponding to theformer ventilation exhaust and air intake channels, Fig. 19. The roofhas three ventilation chimneys; there must have been three ovens inthis room during the time of operation. 155 The double doors, openinginwards and drawn onto the plans, have been replaced with singledoors, also opening inwards. For the time being, one can only specu-154 J.-C. Pressac, op. cit. (note 67), pp. 55-58, Plans of Buildings 5a/b, pp. 59f. exterior photos.Building alteration plan no. 2540 for conversion to hot air delousing installation, dated July 5,1943.155 Ibid., p. 53.76