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Table 1:

Arguments relating to the Zyklon B introduction columns

134

Table 2:

Equipment and suitability of actual or alleged 'gas chambers'

146

Table 3:

Physical Properties of HCN

156

Table 4:

Formation of Iron Blue

169

Table 5:

Dissociation constants and solubility products of iron compounds

175

Table 6:

Composition of Portland cement

183

Table 7:

Absorption of hydrogen cyanide by various building materials

187

Table 8:

Effect of various concentrations of hydrogen cyanide in air upon human beings

192

Table 9:

Reduction of O₂ content in air-tight morgue 1 as a function of time

214

Table 10:

Amount of hydrogen cyanide as a function of execution time

215

Table 11:

Some values of the ventilation efficiency of a hypothetical homicidal 'gas chamber', with Zyklon B remaining in the chamber

226

Table 12:

Some values of the ventilation efficiency of a hypothetical homicidal 'gas chamber', with Zyklon B removed from chamber

226

Table 13:

Quasi-stationary concentrations of HCN in masonry in percent of saturation, as a function of daily exposure time to HCN

229

Table 14:

Maximally admissible concentration of harmful compound for protection filters

230

Table 15:

Minimum break through times for filters

231

Table 16:

Evaluation of eyewitnesses

236

Table 17:

Cyanide concentrations in the masonry of 'gas chambers'/disinfestation chambers according to F.A. Leuchter

249

Table 18:

Cyanide concentrations in the masonry of 'gas chambers'/disinfestation chambers according to the Jan Sehn Institute for Forensic Research

251

Table 19:

Cyanide concentrations in the masonry of 'gas chambers'/disinfestation chambers according to G. Rudolf

254

Table 20:

Analysis results from the Institut Fresenius and the Institut für Umweltanalytik

258

Table 21:

Test sample preparation and fumigation

267

Table 22:

Cyanide concentrations in the masonry of 'gas chambers'/ disinfestation chambers according to J.C. Ball

268

Table 23:

Orders of magnitude of analytical results of various samples

272

Table 24:

Comparison between cases of building damage, morgue and disinfestation chamber

281

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Figure 1:

Schematic drawing of the US execution gas chamber in North Carolina

11

Figure 2:

How to get rid of termites

15

Figure 3:

Inky blue stains on the plaster of a church fumigated with hydrogen cyanide

20

Figure 4:

The Protestant church at Meeder-Wiesenfeld

21

Figure 5:

Single door to an execution gas chamber for one single person per gassing procedure (Baltimore, USA)

24

Figure 6:

Door of an alleged National Socialist gas chamber for the execution of hundreds of persons simultaneously (crematorium I, Auschwitz)

24

Figure 7:

Frederick A. Leuchter

25

Figure 8:

Prof. Dr. Robert Faurisson

29

Figure 9:

Prof. Faurisson after an attack by Jewish thugs

37

Figure 10:

Map of the surrounding vicinity of Auschwitz during the Second World War

56

Figure 11:

Map of Auschwitz I/Main Camp (concentration camp)

57

Figure 12:

Map of POW camp Auschwitz II/Birkenau

58

Figure 13:

A lice-ridden train enters a railway gassing tunnel in Budapest

62

Figure 14:

DEGESCH delousing chamber with circulation feature

64

Figure 15:

Schematic organization of a hygiene complex

65

Figure 16:

Typical advertisement of the firm DEGESCH

66

Figure 17:

Ground plan of the HCN disinfestation wing of building 5a before building alterations (mirror image) and BW 5b today

74

Figure 18:

Ground plan of the hot air disinfestation wing of building 5a after building alterations in 1943

75

Figure 19:

Ventilation outlets from the disinfestation wing of building BW 5b

76

Figure 20:

Water pipe system with shower heads in the disinfestation wing of building BW 5b

78

Figure 21:

Ground plan of crematorium I in Auschwitz I/main camp in its original planning condition

80

Figure 22:

Ground plan of crematorium I Auschwitz I Main Camp after conversion to air raid shelter

81

Figure 23:

Ground plan of crematorium I in Auschwitz I/Main Camp today

82

Figure 24f.:

Symptoms of decay visible on the interior ceiling of the morgue of crematorium I in Auschwitz Main Camp

86

Figure 26:

Ground plan of morgue 1 (alleged 'gas chamber') of Crematoria II and III (mirror symmetrical) in Auschwitz II/Birkenau

92

Figure 27:

Cross-section of morgue 1 (alleged 'gas chamber') of crematoria II and III (mirror symmetrical) in Auschwitz II/Birkenau

92

Figure 28:

Schematic location of the new crematorium as originally planned for the Auschwitz main camp

95

Figure 29:

Schematic location of crematorium II, altered plan for Birkenau

95

Figure 30:

"Re.: Auschwitz crematorium [...] Caulking work performed for the disinfestation installation"

100

Figure 31:

"Re: BW: 32 = Disinfestation installation [...] Caulking work performed for the disinfestation installation"

101

Figure 32:

"2 Topf disinfestation ovens for crematorium II in the Prisoner of War Camp, Auschwitz."

102

Figure 33:

Wooden disinfestation chamber door at Auschwitz

103

Figure 34:

German air-raid shelter door

104

Figure 35:

Photograph of two indicator devices from the Siemens; component of a gas tester

112

Figure 36:

Photograph of crematorium II of Birkenau taken in February 1943

114

Figure 37:

Magnification of detail from Fig. 36 with outlines of the morgue and scale of measurements drawn in

115

Figure 38:

Schematic drawing of a view onto morgue 1 of crematorium II

115

Figure 39:

Photograph of crematorium II from Jan. 20, 1943

116

Figure 40:

Enlargement of Allied air photo RG 373 Can F 5367, exp. 3185 of Birkenau camp, taken on August 25, 1944

117

Figure 41:

Schematic drawing of the air photo in Fig. 40

117

Figure 42:

Schematic drawing of the location and size of the spots on the roof of morgue 1 (the 'gas chamber') of crematorium II

118

Figure 43:

Interior photograph taken from the ruins of morgue 1 ('gas chamber') of crematorium II

119

Figure 44:

Alleged Zyklon B introduction hole in the ceiling of morgue 1 ('gas chamber') of crematorium II, entry to the still passable part of the cellar

120

Figure 45:

Ceiling of morgue 1 ('gas chamber') of crematorium II

121

Figure 46:

Alleged Zyklon B introduction hole in the roof of morgue 1 ('gas chamber') of crematorium II in December 1991

122

Figure 47:

Hoop iron with dovetail, cast in cement in a hole in concrete

123

Figure 48:

Notch (fatigue) effect resulting at inserted openings from the application of force

124

Figs. 49-53:

The five properly constructed ventilation holes in the ceiling of the oven room to the upper story, crematorium III

126

Figure 54:

J.-C. Pressac's drawing of the legendary "Zyklon B introduction columns"

130

Figure 55:

Handwritten entries in an inventory list of crematorium II for morgue 2

130

Figure 56:

North view and ground plan of crematorium IV and/or V (mirror image) in Auschwitz II/Birkenau

135

Figure 57:

Then and today-the unchanged ground water state in the Birkenau camp, here in midsummer 1991

142

Figure 58:

White circles: possible sites of old mass graves of typhus victims in Auschwitz

144

Figure 59:

Interior room in the Zyklon B disinfestation wing of BW 5a in the Birkenau camp

color section, 153

Figure 60:

Exterior wall of the Zyklon B disinfestation wing of BW 5b in the Birkenau camp

color section, 153

Figure 61:

Zyklon B disinfestation installation, chamber III of barrack 41 in Majdanek camp

color section, 153

Figure 62:

Zyklon B disinfestation installation, east wall of chamber III, barrack 41, Majdanek

color section, 153

Figure 63:

Large Zyklon B disinfestation chamber, ceiling, barrack 41 in Majdanek camp

color section, 153

Figure 64:

Zyklon B disinfestation installation, exterior wall of barrack 41 in Majdanek camp

color section, 153

Figure 65:

Zyklon B disinfestation chamber in Stutthof camp, interior

color section, 154

Figure 66:

Zyklon B disinfestation chamber in Stutthof camp, east side, exterior

color section, 154

Figure 67:

Sketch of morgue 1 ('gas chamber') of crematorium II in Birkenau with test sample taking locations by F.A. Leuchter

248

Figure 68:

The outside of the external wall of hydrogen cyanide delousing wing of building 5a in August 1991

259

Figure 69:

Interior room in the Zyklon B disinfestation wing of BW 5a in the Birkenau camp (same as Fig. 59)

260

Figure 70:

Picture of the door frame in disinfestation wing of building 5a

261

Figure 71:

Exterior wall of the Zyklon B disinfestation wing of BW 5b in the Birkenau camp (same as Fig. 60)

262

Figure 72:

Construction drawing of the experimental container for the fumigation of material samples with hydrogen cyanide

266

Letter by Michel Adam Nov. 2, 1997

240

Results of analyses by Institut Fresenius

256

Otto Ernst Remer

353

Building of Institut Fresenius

354

Viktor Robert Knirsch

356

Hajo Herrmann

363

Letter Moritz Rotberg, Holon, Israel

364

Dr. Herbert Schaller

366

Dr. Joachim Hoffmann

374

Germar Rudolf

421

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Graph 1:

Vapor pressure of hydrogen cyanide in percentage of air pressure as a function of temperature

157

Graph 2:

Saturation concentration of hydrogen cyanide in water as a function of temperature at 1 mol% HCN in the air

165

Graph 3:

Degree of coverage of the surface of a solid material with an adsorbed gas as a function of temperature

167

Graph 4:

Degree of disassociation of hydrogen cyanide as a function of the pH value at room temperature

168

Graph 5:

Cyanide equilibrium concentration in water as a function of the temperature and pH value

169

Graph 6:

Free Fe³⁺ concentration as a function of pH value and the resulting minimal pKS value of Iron Blue

174

Graph 7:

Accumulated pore volume distribution of concrete and of wall mortar

183

Graph 8:

Drop in the hydrogen cyanide concentration in old, dry, cement blocks, after 24-hour fumigation

189

Graph 9:

Evaporation rate of hydrogen cyanide from the Ercco carrier material

195

Graph 10:

Schematic representation of the breathing volume behavior relative to time in case of suffocation/poisoning

213

Graph 11:

Incorporated amount of HCN as function of time until respiratory arrest

214

Graph 12:

Hydrogen cyanide concentration behavior in delousing chamber with and without circulating air systems

216

Graph 13:

Hydrogen cyanide concentration behavior in disinfestation chamber with and without clothes

217

Graph 14:

Relation between hydrogen cyanide adsorption on clothing and temperature in a delousing chamber

217

Graph 15:

Simulation of the concentration of hydrogen cyanide in a hypothetical homicidal 'gas chamber'

224

APMO

Archiwum Panstwowego Muzeum w Oswiecimiu

DIN

Deutsches Institut für Normung

DGG

Deutschland in Geschichte und Gegenwart

IMT

International Military Tribunal/Internationaler Militärgerichtshof

JHR

The Journal of Historical Review

TCIDK

Tsentr Chranenija Istoriko-dokumental'nich Kollektsii (recently renamed to Rossiskii Gosudarstvennii Vojennii Archiv)

VffG

Vierteljahreshefte für freie Geschichtsforschung