THE RUDOLF REPORT

GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORT“– Plan 2136 of the Zentralbauleitung of 22 February 1943 forcrematorium III; 188– Plan 2197 of the Zentralbauleitung of 18 March 1943 for crematoriumII; 189– Plan 109/15 of the firm Huta of 24 September 1943 for crematoriaII and III; 190– Plan 109/16A of the firm Huta of 9 October 1943 for crematoriaII and III. 191Moreover, the ‘chute’ is mentioned as existing in ordinances 200and 204 of the Zentralbauleitung to the Häftlingsschlosserei of 18 March1943 respecting crematorium II. 192 “Furthermore, crematoria II and III were undoubtedly used duringtheir entire period of operation for the temporary storage of the bodiesof persons having died of ‘natural’ causes (epidemics, exhaustion, age,etc.), awaiting cremation, which amounted at least to thousands of bodies.If it were true that stairways without chutes could only be used byliving persons still capable of climbing stairs on their own, then onemight be permitted to ask: how did the corpses of persons having diedof ‘natural causes’ get into the morgue (or wherever they were stored)?Did they walk by themselves? Of course not. They were carried, andsometimes certainly even a few steps up and down—and not only insidethe crematorium. Was it therefore impossible to get corpses into abuilding not having a chute? Certainly not. Would missing chutestherefore prove that only living people could enter? Of course not. Sowhy did the SS not build a new corpse chute by the new stairway?Perhaps simply because the costs of the crematorium were running outof control due to the constant changes in plans, and because it was desiredor necessary to keep the costs down? Would that not be a muchsimpler and more logical explanation?5.4.1.2.2. Gassing Cellar, Undressing Room, and ShowersFact 1: There are documents of SS Zentralbauleitung which mentionan “Auskleidekeller” (undressing room) in crematorium II. 193188 J.-C. Pressac, op. cit. (note 67), p. 305.189 Ibid., p. 307.190 Ibid., p. 327.191 Ibid., p. 328.192 The Trial of Höß, volume 11a, p. 88.193 J.-C. Pressac, op. cit. (note 67), pp. 433ff.96