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GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTtions), i.e., just a few weeksafter this installation was putinto operation (see p. 70).A remarkable feature ofthis room in building BW 5bis the intricate construction ofthe water pipes, laid in thehooks fastened to the diagonalroof girders, visible in Fig. 20.A few of the pipe endings areequipped with shower heads.The water pipes have no connection.Paradoxically, theyend in the above mentionedventilation outlets, and canonly have been installed afterthe removal of the ventilatorsinstalled there. There are, ofcourse, shower rooms in thesebuildings, but in a very differentlocation (see Fig. 17). Theshower installations once inFig. 20: Water pipe system withshower heads in the disinfestation wingof building BW 5b. These water pipeshave no connection; they terminate inthe ventilation outlets. See Fig. 19.existence there, however, have been entirely dismantled. Since thedoors to these rooms are open, any visitor may examine this peculiarconstruction. The original German drawings and documents of thisbuilding do not indicate that these pipes were installed during theGerman occupation, which means that they were probably installedafter the war for an unknown reason.5.3. ‘Gas Chamber’ in the Auschwitz I Main CampAccording to Pressac, no material or documentary evidence of the‘gas chamber’ in the crematorium in the main camp exists, but thereare many eyewitness accounts: 159“As evidence to establish the reality of homicidal gassings thereremain only the testimonies of participants,[…]”159 J.-C. Pressac, op. cit. (note 67), p. 123.78