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by wonka_man
Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:22 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents

Forgot to address the rebar issue. And this is a feature at the Birkenau site also. The presence of rebar alone demonstrates that they were not zyklon insertion holes and were cut away after the war in a sloppy attempt at post-war fabrication of evidence. In the case of Birkenau this is even more ...
by wonka_man
Thu Feb 27, 2025 8:49 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)

Here's where Pressac talks about this. He claims that "it is possible to see THREE places where the former traps for introducing Zyklon B have been filled in" (I think this is a leap) but he also says that soon after the war there was a dance held on the roof of the gas chamber which he admits is ...
by wonka_man
Wed Feb 26, 2025 11:11 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)

Conclusions and thoughts The photo reproduction from the 2004 report is actually fairly impressive. The viewpoint is quite similar, as are the frame's slope and angle. I believe it may be zoomed in a bit much, and it's obviously not exact, however this is nitpicking. I do still question, how one ...
by wonka_man
Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:47 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: Krema I Roof vents

Furthermore, this website claims that one of the ventilation shafts is still visible on the ceiling today. https://furtherglory.com/AuschwitzScrapbook/Tour/Auschwitz1/Auschwitz08A.html However, upon closer inspection, it appears to be the floor drain that is present in the centre of the chamber ...
by wonka_man
Mon Feb 24, 2025 7:29 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: Krema I Roof vents

While the 2004 paper claims that the patch-up marks on the ceiling are sealed 'ventilation outlets,' today we can also see visible cement marks on the external wall and floor as well. Is it possible that these patch ups (including the ceiling) were indeed circular ventilation shafts? Perhaps when ...
by wonka_man
Mon Feb 24, 2025 6:31 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: Krema I Roof vents

It is also somewhat strange that the current openings line up perfectly with the interior walls that were added when it was converted into an air-raid shelter in 1944.


1944 plan (before the interior walls were taken out by the Soviets)

E Hunt_holes 4.jpg
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by wonka_man
Mon Feb 24, 2025 5:30 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: Krema I Roof vents

Here is the 2004 paper's plan of the hole layout zyklon roof holes 3.png Compared with an updated 3d model visualisation (1942 plan) E Hunt_holes 1.jpg Current day plan E Hunt_holes 6.jpg The matching measurements of 7.1m and 5.1m from either side, from the air-lock (which didn't exist at the time ...
by wonka_man
Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:55 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: Krema I Roof vents

This photo from the paper (2004) was used to recreate the 1945 Soviet photo to map out and measure the marks by tape. The paper claims that the slight marks seen in the 1945 photo 'match up' perfectly with the existing openings today. Of course, one has to consider how accurate this method is, in ...
by wonka_man
Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:44 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

Re: Krema I Roof vents

Photos of the 'patched up holes' from the paper.

Note the more circular shape and very visible rebar.
by wonka_man
Mon Feb 24, 2025 4:41 am
Forum: Holocaust Research & Discussion
Topic: The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)
Replies: 15
Views: 1204

The Mystery of Krema I Roof vents (Updated)

What we know about the four roof openings at Krema I was that they were built or repurposed after the war. However, the original number is disputed among academics. Jean Claude Pressac, in his book 'Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers,' claimed that there were three in a straight ...