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GERMAR RUDOLF · THE RUDOLF REPORT 85
was. I have serious heart trouble and can die at any moment, it’s time
now.”
Prof. van Pelt has stated as follows on Crematorium II: 185
“Auschwitz is like the holy of holies. I prepared years to go there and to
have a fool [Leuchter] come in, come in completely unprepared, it’s sacrilege.
Somebody who walks into the holy of holies and doesn’t give a
damn.” [00:40:59-00:41:20]
“Crematorium II is the most lethal building of Auschwitz. In the 2,500
square feet of this one room, more people lost their lives than any other
place on this planet. 500,000 people were killed. If you would draw a map
of human suffering, if you created a geography of atrocity, this would be
the absolute center.” [00:55:44-00:56:15]
Van Pelt’s testimony emphasizes the importance of Crematorium II
(and Crematorium III, built as a mirror image of Crematorium II, although
allegedly not used quite as intensively), which will be discussed
in the following.
A special, separate morgue with better ventilation was then used, as
is usual today, as a laying out room for the victims of possible epidemics.
This cellar is designated as an “Infektionsleichenkeller” (infection
corpse morgue) in the technical literature. Fig. 28 is the floor plan of
Morgue 1 (alleged “gas chamber”) of Crematorium II, which was designed
mirror-symmetrically to Crematorium III. Fig. 29 shows the
cross section through Morgue 1. 186 As may be seen from the crosssection,
these morgues, for the most part, are located below ground. The
long and slender type of construction, the underground location, as well
as the lack of contact with the cremation rooms result in an even, cool
temperature in these areas. This corresponds to their having been
planned as morgues, which is how they are designated in the building
plans.
The planning of such large cellars is not astonishing, furthermore,
when one considers that several hundred corpses a day had arrived during
the worst periods of the epidemics raging in Auschwitz, and that
these corpses had to be stored somewhere. The compelling interpretation
of the non-criminal planning of these rooms as harmless morgues is
shared even by Pressac.
185
van Pelt’s testimony in Errol Morris’ documentary movie Mr Death, op. cit. (note 10), internet
version; time given in [min:sec:frame].
186
J.-C. Pressac, op. cit. (note 72), pp. 319-329. Plans for Crematoria II and III.