THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORTFig. 21: Ground plan of crematorium I in Auschwitz I/main camp in itsoriginal condition. The morgue was later alleged to have been used as a‘gas chamber’. 1621: Vestibule; 2: Laying-out room; 3: Wash room; 4: Morgue;5: Oven room; 6: Coke; 7: UrnsFig. 21 shows the building plan of the building at the beginning ofthe war, planned and constructed as a normal crematorium, with amorgue. 162 This also explains the piles of dirt, which were intended toensure an even, cool temperature. For the same reason, the partitionbetween the morgue and the oven room is double-walled with a heatinsulatingair-barrier in between.As far as I know, no documents exist concerning the installation ofa ventilation system into this morgue, though it appears inconceivableto operate a morgue without windows, exterior doors, and any kind offorced ventilation.The morgue was later alleged to have been ‘converted’ into a ‘gaschamber’. Three to four hatches are later said to have been piercedthrough the roof for the introduction of the Zyklon B for homicidal162 Ibid., pp. 151/153.80