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140 Carlo Mattogno, Jürgen Graf: Treblinka
among them – are very capable of resisting atmospheric effects. 396 In Treblinka,
according to S. Rajzman, typhus fever constituted “the main plague.” 397
The water supply of the camp was secured by wells. On the plan of Treblinka
drawn by Moszek Laks and Maniek P�atkiewicz, 398 four wells can be
recognized, one for the German guard unit, one for the Ukrainian guard unit,
one for the Jewish prisoners, and a fourth, which was surely located in ‘Camp
II.’ There can therefore be no doubt that hundreds of thousands of bodies allegedly
buried in ‘Camp II’ would have completely poisoned the ground water,
which supplied the wells. Yet not a single witness mentions a thing about
this critical problem.
e. The Excavators of Treblinka
According to the official version of history, the existence of huge mass
graves is confirmed by the presence of three excavators in the camp, which at
first are supposed to have been employed for the excavation of the graves and
later for exhuming the corpses. Two photos are often published in support of
this claim, in which excavators – allegedly at a location in Treblinka II – can
be recognized. One of these photos is reproduced in Arad’s book with the caption:
399
“An excavator used in Treblinka to remove dead bodies to be burned,
and the SS men who operated the excavator.”
The other, better-known photograph appeared, inter alia, in the work of
Gitta Sereny, where the caption claims that the excavator served to transport
the corpses out of the trenches onto the grates. 400 This photo was also published
in the book The Good Old Days with the caption: 401
“Excavator used for corpses in Treblinka.”
Samuel Willenberg’s book contains a picture of said excavator in action,
dumping a load of – soil. The picture bears the caption: 402
“Crane lifting corpses for cremation. Photographed by SS man Kurt
Franz, nicknamed ‘Lalka’ (Doll).”
R. Czarkowski has published the same snapshot with the comment “Excavator
for the excavation of the graves for the victims.” 403 Furthermore, it is
396 Luigi Maccone, Storia documentata della cremazione presso i popoli antichi ed i moderni
con particolare riferimento all’ igiene, Istituto Italiano d’Arti Grafichi, Bologna 1932, Part
Three, Chapter II, “Infezioni e cimiteri,” pp. 148-157; M. Pauly, Die Feuerbestattung, Leipzig
1904, pp. 21-25.
397 USSR-337. GARF, 7445-2-12, p. 239.
398 See Document 14 in the Appendix.
399 Y. Arad, op. cit. (note 72), p. 95.
400 G. Sereny, Into That Darkness, McGraw-Hill, New York 1974, photo on unnumbered page.
401 Ernst Klee, Willi Dreßen, Volker Rieß, The Good Old Days, New York: Free Press, 1991, p.
246.
402 S. Willenberg, Surviving…, op. cit. (note 83), Plate 4, unnumbered page.
403 R. Czarkowski, op. cit. (note 76), photo on unnumbered page.