Fumigation of barracks and other buildings at Auschwitz

[Lamprecht]

We know from Leuchter and Rudolf's analysis of the alleged homicidal gas chamber walls, some of the samples found negligible traces of cyanide residue. But why would there be any traces at all, if revisionists claim Zyklon-B was not used here to gas prisoners?

We know Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) is very reactive and has produced Prussian blue staining with just one single delousing. In The Rudolf Report, an example is provided of huge blue stains covering the interior walls of an old church after being fumigated only once with Zyklon B in the 1970s (see: http://www.vho.org/GB/Books/trr/1.html#1.3.)
So it doesn't necessarily take long-term, repeated exposure to HCN to bond with iron in building materials when the conditions allow it.

From exterminationist "Historian" van Pelt's book on Auschwitz:

"Zykon B had been introduced in Auschwitz in July 1940, when it was used to fumigate the Polish barracks which, according to Hoess, 'teemed with lice, fleas, and other bugs.' [...]
A violent typhus epidemic erupted in Auschwitz-Birkenau in the summer of 1942, and the whole lice-infested camp-barracks, offices, and workshops-had to be fumigated with tons of Zyklon B."

- Robert Jan van Pelt & Debórah Dwork (2002) 'Auschwitz: 1270 to the Present', pp. 219, 222


These fumigations of random parts of the camp are corroborated by an order issued on Aug. 12, 1942, by Camp Commandant Höß regarding accidents during the fumigation of barracks. From pg 201 of Pressac's book:

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Auschwitz Concentration Camp    Auschwitz 12th August 1942
Kommandantur 
 
Special Order
 
A case of indisposition with slight symptoms of poisoning by hydrocyanic gas which occured today makes it necessary to warn all those participating in the gassings and all other SS members, that in particular on opening rooms used for gassing, SS not wearing masks must wait at least five hours and keep at a distance of at least 15 meters from the chamber. In addition, particular attention should he paid to the wind direction.

The gas being used at present contains less odorous warning agent and is therefore especially dangerous.

The SS garrison doctor declines all responsibility for any accident that should occur in the case where these directives have not been complied with by SS members.
 
Signed: Höß
SS Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant 

Source: https://archive.is/7iVQW


The 1 September 1942 diary entry of Auschwitz Dr. Johann Kremer contains the following entry:

"In the afternoon attended the fumigation of a barracks with Zyklon B against lice."
[Nachmittags bei der Vergasung eines Blocks mit Zyklon B gegen die Läuse.]

https://archive.is/W5CU8#selection-371.72-371.144


A circular from Dr. Mrugowsky from the SS Hygiene Institute, dated 13 May 1943, reads as follows:

"In the future therefore, cyanide gas can only be used for the fumigation of barracks in the concentration camps."
[In Zukunft darf daher Blausäure nur noch zur Vergasung von Baracken in Konzentrationlägern verwendet werden.]

The levels of cyanide found in the alleged homicidal gas chambers are not significantly different from random samples taken in inmate barracks. Germar Rudolf:

"Quantities of cyanide on the order of magnitude of those found by Leuchter in the alleged 'gas chambers' can apparently also be found in the wall material of the inmate barracks. This is indicated by the results of Sample 8. All others are also positive, but notably lower. In this case as well, the control analysis (Table 20, p. 258) failed to yield reproducible results."

The Rudolf Report, 8. Evaluation of Chemical Analyses http://www.vho.org/GB/Books/trr/8.html#8.3.3.2.


It is also possible that morgue 1 served as a temporary fumigation chamber early 1943, when several normal disinfestation facilities suffered from a fire and were out of service:

»Bischoff wrote on January 9 1943 a letter to Kammler about the "Hygienic Installations in the K.L. and K.G.L. Auschwitz" listing all desinfestation- and delousing installations available. There were five in KL Auschwitz and four in KGL Birkenau.[26]

However during the following days failed due to fires the hot air apparatus designed by Topf in Block 1 of the main camp, the hot air apparatus fabricated by Hochheim in the desinfestation barracks for men and women, i.e. the delousing barracks BW 5a and 5b, and finally the hot air delousing equipment for the "army desinfestation installation".[27]

[26] RGVA, 502-1-332, S. 46-46a
[27] Bischoff-Brief »an den Kommandanten des KL Auschwitz - SS-Obersturmbannführer Höß« vom 18. Januar 1943. RGVA, 502-1-28, S. 256-258.

Die Leichenkeller der Krematorien von Birkenau im Lichte der Dokumente (The morgues of the Crematoria in Birkenau in the Light of the Documents)
http://vho.org/VffG/2003/3/Mattogno357-365.html


If the alleged "Homicidal gas chambers" were exposed to as much Zyklon-B as claimed by the standard 'Holocaust' narrative, we would expect comparable levels of ferrocyanide residue when contrasted with the delousing chambers:


"In the following table I have listed the factors affecting the formation of Prussian Blue both for an interior wall of the delousing chamber of building 5a in Birkenau (left), and of the alleged homicidal gas chamber of Krematorium II in Birkenau (right). The first data row gives the actual result of the analyses for total cyanide of samples taken from these walls. The right column shows approximate factors linking both premises' tendency to form Prussian Blue. The resulting factor in fact indicates that similar amounts of Prussian Blue should be expected in both locations." - Germar Rudolf http://www.vho.org/GB/c/GR/CharacterAssassins.html


In conclusion, the levels of cyanide detected in samples of the alleged "Homicidal gas chambers" is consistent with occasional fumigations taken during a typhus epidemic ravaging the camp, but inconsistent with claims of mass murder of prisoners via Zyklon-B gassings.

[Hannover]

Lamprecht said, posted:

These fumigations of random parts of the camp are corroborated the order issued on Aug. 12, 1942, by Camp Commandant Höß regarding accidents during the fumigation of barracks. From pg 201 of Pressac's book:

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Auschwitz Concentration Camp    Auschwitz 12th August 1942
Kommandantur 
 
Special Order
 
A case of indisposition with slight symptoms of poisoning by hydrocyanic gas which occured today makes it necessary to warn all those participating in the gassings and all other SS members, that in particular on opening rooms used for gassing, SS not wearing masks must wait at least five hours and keep at a distance of at least 15 meters from the chamber. In addition, particular attention should he paid to the wind direction.

The gas being used at present contains less odorous warning agent and is therefore especially dangerous.

The SS garrison doctor declines all responsibility for any accident that should occur in the case where these directives have not been complied with by SS members.
 
Signed: Höß
SS Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant 

Source: https://archive.is/7iVQW

Again, Hoess stated: "that in particular on opening rooms used for gassing, SS not wearing masks must wait at least five hours and keep at a distance of at least 15 meters from the chamber. In addition, particular attention should he paid to the wind direction."

Yet the storyline says the 'gas chambers' doors were opened within mere minutes of the alleged gassings.
It's also alleged that the 'next batch of victims' was waiting just outside the door after being told they were to receive showers.
Therefore there could not have been men wearing gas masks as they would have been seen by those supposedly waiting their turn.
And, the alleged 'gas chambers' doors could not have been opened in a few minutes as is claimed as the entire area, including German staff and the 'awaiting Jews' would have been gassed.
IOW, the Auschwitz 'gas chambers' are a laughable, easily debunked lie.

Much more which demolishes the alleged Auschwitz homicidal gassing process here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11143&p=83723&hilit=model+asmarques#p83723
Also here, which Wyatt dodged, of course:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12724&p=93747&hilit=2000+Jews+waiting+outside#p93747

- Hannover

The 'holocaust' storyline is one of the most easily debunked narratives ever contrived. That is why those who question it are arrested and persecuted. Only lies require censorship.

[Lamprecht]

Hannover:

And, the alleged 'gas chambers' doors could not have been opened in a few minutes as is claimed as the entire area, including German staff and the 'awaiting Jews' would have been gassed.

This is especially true because of the ventilation system was designed for a morgue, rather than a homicidal gas chamber. From: viewtopic.php?t=5493#p92090

In order to stick to their dumb design, the Nazis even built gas chambers impossible to ventilate. Since hydrogen cyanide is lighter than air, air inputs at the top of a room and air outputs at the bottom of it would have failed to pump hydrogen cyanide out of such a "gas chamber." Such a ventilation system was the best way to keep hydrogen cyanide inside a room…or to pump cold decomposition gases (heavier than air) out of a morgue. Moreover, vents at the bottom of a room would have been often obstructed by the dead bodies of people haphazardly falling everywhere.


"Gas chamber" of Krema II & Krema III at Birkenau

And watch Wyatt get *trashed* in the second page of this thread on Zyklon-B outgassing time:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12720&start=30#p93725

After that post he came back claiming I, and certified chemist Germar Rudolf, "dont know anything about science or chemistry" and quoted some non-expert with bogus calculations. When I posted actual experiments on Zyklon-B evaporation rates published by an employee of Degesch (the company which had a patent on Zyklon-B) he left the thread and never returned


In the Rudolf Report, he suggests that fumigation of the so-called "Homicidal gas chambers" would have left even higher rates of cyanide residue than he detected:

Due to the proven, enormous environmental resistance of Iron Blue pigment, the slight cyanide traces in alleged homicidal 'gas chambers', which are demonstrable in places, but are not reproducible, cannot be explained on the basis of remaining residues of a disintegration process, since even on the weathered exterior side of the disinfestation wing large quantities of cyanide can be found even today. Towards the end of the operating period of the installations, therefore, the cyanide content must have been present in the same order of magnitude as it is today, as well as in the areas which were never exposed to weathering. But the cyanide values of protected areas in the alleged homicidal 'gas chambers' are just as low as in places exposed to weathering. Weathering has, therefore, not actually diminished these slight traces. The low cyanide values cannot be explained by fumigation of the premises for vermin, as postulated by Leuchter, since such fumigation would probably have left greater quantities of cyanide in the moist cellars of crematoria II and III. The cyanide values of the alleged homicidal 'gas chambers' lie in the same order of magnitude as the results, among others, of the samples taken by myself from parts of other buildings (hot air disinfestation Building 5a, inmates barracks, the washroom of crematorium I). These values, however, lie so near the detectable threshold that no clear significance can be attributed to them, most importantly due to their lack of reproducibility. From the above, one can safely conclude that no cyanide residues capable of interpretation can be found in the walls of the alleged homicidal 'gas chambers'.

It was further possible to show that, under the conditions of the mass gassings as reported by eyewitnesses in the alleged 'gas chambers' of crematorium II to V, cyanide residues would have been found in similar quantities, coloring the walls blue, as they can be found in the disinfestation wings of building 5a/b. Since no significant quantities of cyanide were found in the alleged homicidal 'gas chamber', one must conclude that these installations were exposed to similar conditions as the above mentioned other installations (hot air disinfestation, inmate barracks, washroom of crematorium I), i.e., that they most likely were never exposed to any hydrogen cyanide.

Final Conclusions

A. On chemistry

A: The investigation of the formation and stability of cyanide traces in masonry of the indicated structures as well as interpretation of the analytic results of samples of building material from these structures in Auschwitz show:

1. Cyanide reacting in masonry to produce Iron Blue is stable over periods of many centuries. It disintegrates on the same time scale as the masonry itself. Therefore, traces of cyanide should be detectable today in almost undiminished concentrations, regardless of the effects of weather. The outer walls of the delousing chambers BW 5a/b in Birkenau, which are deep blue and contain high concentrations of cyanide, are evidence of this.

2. Under the physically possible conditions of the mass-gassing of humans with hydrogen cyanide, traces of cyanide must be found in the same range of concentration in the rooms in question as they are found in the disinfestation structures, and the resulting blue discoloration of the walls should likewise be present.

3. In the walls of the supposed 'gas chambers' the concentrations of cyanide remnants are no higher than in any other building taken at random.

Conclusion to A:

On physical-chemical grounds, the mass gassings with hydrogen cyanide (Zyklon B) in the supposed 'gas chambers' of Auschwitz claimed by witnesses did not take place.

B: On building technology

The investigation of the events of alleged mass gassings in the indicated rooms claimed by witnesses, from a technical and practical standpoint, including physical-chemical analysis, showed:

1. The extensive documentation on the Auschwitz camp does not contain a single reference to execution 'gas chambers'; rather it refutes such suspicions.

2. The supposed main gas chambers of Auschwitz, the morgue hall of the crematorium in the main camp and the morgue cellars I ('gas chambers') of crematories II and III, did not have any means for the introduction of poison gas mixtures. Holes in the roofs visible today were made after the war, and all other cracks are the result of the building's destruction at the end of the war.

3. The release of lethal quantities of hydrogen cyanide from the Zyklon B carrier requires many multiples of the time asserted; the actual duration runs to several hours.

4. To provide the necessary ventilation for the supposed 'gas chambers' of crematories II and III would have taken many hours, contrary to all witness testimony.

5. It would have been impossible to provide an effective ventilation of the supposed 'gas chambers' of crematories IV or V or of farmhouses I and II. The corpses could not have been removed from the rooms and carried away by the Sonderkommando without protective garments and the use of gas masks with special filters.

Conclusion to B:

The procedures of mass-gassing as attested to by witnesses during their interrogation before various courts of law, as cited in judicial rulings, and as described in scientific and literary publications, in any building of Auschwitz whatever, are inconsistent with documentary evidence, technical necessities, and natural scientific law.

http://www.vho.org/GB/Books/trr/9.html

[Lamprecht]

An additional point on the very low cyanide readings in the alleged homicidal gas chambers and random control samples in the camp. Cyanide residue in solid material that is rich in carbonates (for instance lime, a main component of mortar and concrete), is detectable with some reliability only above 10 mg per kg, as a high concentration of carbonates can imitate a small quantity of cyanide. Lower values are therefore regarded as inconclusive.

Germar Rudolf:

8.2.2. Interferences and Reproducibility

Before discussing the individual assays in detail, a few words are necessary to understand the problems involved, illustrating them already here with a few analytical results.

One major challenge when analyzing masonry samples is the presence of carbonate. Concrete, mortar and plaster samples that are several decades old are all carbonated to a high degree, hence contain major quantities of carbonates mainly in the form of calcium carbonate (CaCCE). Meeussen/ Temminghof et al. (1989) have determined the false positives caused by carbonate in liquid solutions of 0.1 mg of cyanide per liter of water as listed in Table 26.

Considering that masonry samples can easily contain several thousand milligrams of carbonate per liter - for instance, apart from its sand portion, lime plaster consists basically only of CaCO3 - cyanide values in the range of 1 mg per kg sample material and lower may reflect to a considerable degree the samples’ carbonate rather than cyanide content. Since the photometric method used by Meeussen/Temminghof et al. is not necessarily identical to those used by the laboratories dealt with here, however, those values should be taken only as a caveat that large quantities of carbonate yield false positive near the detection limit, rendering them unreliable in addition to the problems involved in general when testing solid samples, as discussed above.



To prove this point, Leuchter’s laboratory re-analyzed two low-level samples and made a spike analysis for a third. I had four of my samples reanalyzed by a different laboratory. The results are given in Table 27.

Whereas all of Leuchter’s samples are described as “brick,” hence should have low contents of interfering carbonates (but that description may simply be due to Leuchter’s negligence when labelling them), my Samples 3, 8, and 11 were plaster samples rich in carbonates, whereas the only sample which could be reproduced with accuracy, #25, was a brick.

As can be seen from this, the reliability of analytic results even of samples with high levels of cyanide can be problematic. In the case of Sample R11, the first result, by Fresenius, was obtained not by photometric but by titrimetric analysis. The lab assistant working on this informed me that she had not expected to find such huge amounts of cyanides in any of the samples. Therefore, when the first sample with a large cyanide content was measured photometrically, it was too dark to yield any useful reading. Instead of simply diluting the sample 1:10 or 1:100 and measuring it then while correcting the reading with the proper factor, she resorted to titrimetry. The second result was obtained by IUS Stuttgart after having been told the order of magnitude to expect, so they diluted the sample before putting the cuvette into the photometer. I therefore consider the second result by IUS more reliable.



When being confronted with this unacceptable discrepancy, I wanted to have all samples retested, but as a student I did not have the financial means to do so, and no one else wanted to finance it either.

In the following, I will assume that there is a systematic difference between the two sets of analytic results, that Fresenius’s results are correct at least within one order of magnitude, and that differences between individual samples are correct at least regarding their respective ratios.

The reliability of analytic results of masonry samples rich in carbonate with cyanide levels close to the formal detection limit is approaching zero. To put this into perspective, a spike-recovery rate of up to ±10% is considered to signifya reliable analytic method. The acceptability limits are generally considered to be at ±25%. Here, however, we are dealing with limits between +40% and –100% near the detection limit.

[Footnote]

362 Driving out the hydrogen cyanide by boiling the sample for one hour in aqueous HC1 in a slightly reductive medium (SnCk), driving out in the continuous stream of air, collection in the aqueous KOH collector. Finally, photometric or titrimetric testing depending on the concentration in each case. Proof of iron was achieved here by the ICP spectrometer.

From:
Germar Rudolf: The Chemistry of Auschwitz—The Technology and Toxicology of Zyklon B and the Gas Chambers – A Crime-Scene Investigation
https://holocausthandbooks.com/dl/02-tcoa.pdf

[Lamprecht]

Zyklon-B was first used at Auschwitz to fumigate an SS Guard building. Next, the barracks and various office buildings were exposed to Zyklon-B.

From Mattogno's book:
Deliveries of Coke, Wood and Zyklon B to Auschwitz—Neither Proof Nor Trace for the Holocaust
PDF: https://holocausthandbooks.com/dl/40-docwazta.pdf

III. Zyklon B

In this section, Setkiewicz summarizes the origin of the use of Zyklon B at Auschwitz for the purpose of disinfestation. I quote his remarks and complete them where appropriate.

“Zyklon B [Setkiewicz always writes “Cyklon”] was used for the first time at Auschwitz for the fumigation of the SS guard building between July 5 and 11, 1940.”

The document mentioned by him states in this regard: 103
“Building No. 54, designated for accommodating the guard detail, was fumigated against pests and diseases.”

Setkiewicz continues:

“Subsequently, other buildings in the area of the camp were disinfected[104] that way, including inmate dwelling barracks as well as the offices and barracks of the SS.
It is apparent from the deposition of the former inmate Zdizsław Michalak that the Entwesungskammer [fumigation chamber] commando was established at the end of August 1941. It consisted of about 20 prisoners, who were initially employed to disinfest Blocks Nos. 1-9. These were meant to be used for Soviet prisoners of war, a camp section that was established more than a month later. The members of the commando later disinfested other blocks, but in mid-November they were permanently assigned a new job – at the disinfection [sic] chambers located at the so-called ‘Kanada I’ area.
We have a fairly accurate description of the disinfection of residential premises and the offices in the ‘staff building’ (Stabsgebäude) carried out at the end of January 1942.[...]

Setkiewicz then mentions the fumigation of the Main Camp on August 12, 1942, and adds:

“Probably due to a gas poisoning accident that took place during this event, the camp commandant issued an order on that same day that, for five hours after the opening of fumigated premises, the SS men were not allowed to get closer to them than 15 meters without wearing a gas mask.” (pp. 68f.)

He refers to the “special order” (Sonderbefehl) of August 12, 1942, with which the commandant of Auschwitz imparted the following directive: 105

“A case of indisposition with slight symptoms of poisoning by hydrocyanic gas which occurred today makes it necessary to warn all those participating in gassings and all other SS members that in particular on opening fumigated rooms, SS members without mask must keep a distance of 15 meters from the chamber for at least five hours. In addition, particular attention should be paid to the wind direction.”

The fumigation carried out at the end of January 1942 is mentioned in the commandant’s order headlined “Fumigation of staff building” (Vergasung des Stabsgebäudes).106

It is important the emphasize that, in the vast documentation on Auschwitz, the term “gassing” (Vergasung) in each and every single case solely and exclusively refers to pest control, yet never to any murderous activities.

[Waldgänger]

Among the CODOH archives, I was just reading this one a few minutes ago, before seeing your new reply, Lamprecht: https://codoh.com/library/document/the- ... assing/en/

The fourth paragraph (beginning What mere common sense suggested is now confirmed by the technical documents concerning Zyklon B and its usage.) is very illuminating on this procedure. Proper fumigation and airing of all buildings via non-homicidal Zyklon-B use followed strict guidelines and steps, as it always has done and still does today. A minimum of 20-21 hours needed to elapse between sealing off a place and being able to enter it normally (without gas masks) again. The meticulousness and detail of the rules reflects admirable health & safety standards.

"Testimonies" and affidavits of Hoess, and others which contradict this, demonstrate only that these documents were written by people ignorant of how real gas chamber procedures worked in executions, and how fumigation works. At the very least, even if the SS didn't care about Kapo & Sonderkommando lives, the idea that 30 mins after gassing people a mere fan could be turned on and pump out everything safely is absurd. The entire camp, SS men & all, would've been dead many times over, during these years.

[Fred zz]

Here is another perspective from Majdanek in regards to Zyklon you may find interesting
See the attachments
Rm 14 at Majdanek was the control room of the alleged gas chambers at Majdanek
Note:
1. No one claims that people were gassed inside Rm 14
2. When the Soviets liberated this camp, they found cans of Zyklon in this area

View the interior photo of Rm 14 first.
You see the blue staining on the inside wall, Yet on the other side of that blue staining was the outside open air and plenty of ventilation as shown by a Majdanek Museum photo from 1946. The area of this blue staining is not connected directly to an alleged gas chamber wall. So how did the blue stains get there? Perhaps someone left open cans of Zyklon in that corner? That is my guess. If I am correct then it shows how easily the walls can be stained from even empty open cans?

[Lamprecht]

Exterminationists claim that, at least at Auschwitz, the conditions in the alleged homicidal gas chambers were not conducive to forming blue staining despite claiming a large amount of Zyklon-B being used.

When G.Rudolf tested the walls of the alleged homicidal gas chambers, delousing chambers, and random control samples in the camp at Auschwitz, he found no significant traces anywhere except the delousing chambers (see: viewtopic.php?t=4111).

However, exterminationists point to there being some detected traces in the walls of the alleged homicidal gas chambers, and claim that is proof. Rudolf says that this could be a limit of the testing method, as:
"Cyanide residue in solid material that is rich in carbonates (for instance lime, a main component of mortar and concrete), is detectable with some reliability only above 10 mg per kg, as a high concentration of carbonates can imitate a small quantity of cyanide. Lower values are therefore regarded as inconclusive."

It is also known, as GR has shown, that blue staining has happened before in walls after just one exposure to HCN from Zyklon-B. However, Rudolf has said he doesn't think that the alleged homicidal gas chambers have ever been exposed to HCN.

My point is simply that if there is any detectable cyanide residue in the alleged homicidal gas chamber walls, it could be explained either by the test being unreliable at such low levels of detection, or the building itself was fumigated once or maybe a few times.

Here is another perspective from Majdanek in regards to Zyklon you may find interesting
See the attachments
Rm 14 at Majdanek was the control room of the alleged gas chambers at Majdanek
Note:
1. No one claims that people were gassed inside Rm 14
2. When the Soviets liberated this camp, they found cans of Zyklon in this area

View the interior photo of Rm 14 first.
You see the blue staining on the inside wall, Yet on the other side of that blue staining was the outside open air and plenty of ventilation as shown by a Majdanek Museum photo from 1946. The area of this blue staining is not connected directly to an alleged gas chamber wall. So how did the blue stains get there? Perhaps someone left open cans of Zyklon in that corner? That is my guess. If I am correct then it shows how easily the walls can be stained from even open cans?

Was that "Control room" used for delousing? Or perhaps it was just fumigated along with the barracks and offices during a disease outbreak at Majdanek.

[Fred zz]

A control room for Chamber A and B1
Albeit not a lot to control in there other than the lights and the tanks of CO2, not much more.

B1 and A chamber were used as delousing and temporary morgues, thus B41 gas chamber has blue walls and ceiling . B2 was just a storage room.

I cover this extensively in my presentation on Majdanek
Here is a link to drop box if interested: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mevhj05mk3an5 ... 2.pdf?dl=0