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Letter from January 1943 discussing the construction of the "Vergasungskeller"

Author: SS-Sturmbahnführer Karl Bischoff

Date: 29/1/1943

Countries: Germany, Poland

Topics: Holocaust, Auschwitz

Description: A Letter from January, 1943 from SS Captain Bischoff, head of the Bauleitung (Auschwitz Waffen SS and Police Central Construction Management), addressed to SS Major-General Kammler in Berlin, about the progress of work at Krematorium II, in which the word “Vergasungskeller” is used.

Source: Pressac, "Technique," p. 432.

Link:

https://phdn.org/archives/holocaust-history.org/auschwitz/pressac/technique-and-operation/pressac0432.shtml

Source ID: 39

English Translation: https://phdn.org/archives/holocaust-history.org/auschwitz/19430129-vergasungskeller/