Ernst
Zündel Replies:Rebuttal # 44:
Ernst
Zündel Replies:Since this is a strictly theoretical question, the answer here is also
theoretical. As we all know, in theory there is no difference between theory
and practice, but in practice there is.
Theoretically, given a three hour cycle time, each crematory retort, or
oven, could reduce eight bodies in a day to ashes. In practice, however,
the number of functioning retorts in operation at any one place in German
cities or German-run concentration camps during the war was not constant.
Crematories in the concentration camps were generally built during 1942
and 1943, often by inmate labor, and were of hasty, often shoddy construction.
Some of these crematories did not operate for very long and broke down
soon after they were completed. Some were never repaired. Those remaining
can be assumed to have been in operation at most for about 18 months to
two years.
These crematoria incinerated corpses that were the result of rampant epidemics
of massive infectious diseases, caused by overcrowding, lice-bearing typhus
etc. as well as all the vagaries of war such as hunger, lack of hygiene,
cold, lack of medical supplies for chronic medical conditions etc. This
type of condition was experienced by all warring countries to various degrees
- during and after the war!
Of the six so-called (by the Allies) "death camps", only Auschwitz
and Majdanek had crematories, but other regular German concentration camps,
such as Dachau, Buchenwald, and Bergen-Belsen also had crematories, thus
immediately disarming the false and sinister Allied propaganda claims that
the mere presence of a crematory installation "proved" mass murder.
Get out your pen and pencil - or better yet, your calculator.
The total number of retorts for Auschwitz is 52. Total for Majdanek is
6.
To simplify this question, Auschwitz will be examined first.
Six retorts operated at Auschwitz for the first sixteen months of the period
under examination (i.e. 12/41-3/43). That allows enough time and is enough
equipment for about 23,328 theoretical cremations if one allows for 24
hour, total utilization of the facilities without breakdowns, maintenance
etc. As we have learned, such was not the case.
In March 1943, Birkenau crematory Number Two was completed. After a short
period of service, it was discovered the lining of the chimney had been
botched, and it had to be redone.
Crematory number four was completed at the end of the same month. It contained
eight retorts. It operated for two months and was abandoned in May of 1943.
In April, 1943, crematory number five was also finished.
Therefore, in April 1943, sixteen more retorts were operational for a total
of 22 retorts. Auschwitz, then, had 22 retorts operational for about the
next six weeks. This is resources for an additional theoretical 7,392 cremations
- again, if one allows for a 100% flawless functioning.
In May crematory number four was abandoned. Crematory number three was
not started up until the fourth week of June 1943. There was then a period
of about five weeks where only 14 retorts were working and another 3,920
additional cremations were theoretically possible.
After crematory number three became operational on June 25th, crematory
number one was shut down for a net gain of nine retorts.
This situation lasted for about 18 days for 3,312 theoretical possible
cremations for this period. Then on the twelfth of July the rework on crematory
two was completed.
Crematory five was mothballed at about the same time for a net increase
of seven retorts.
Thankfully for this discussion, things stabilized for the next sixteen
months with 30 retorts operating at Birkenau. The time and equipment available
would have allowed for an additional 116,400 theoretical cremations. It
can be seen, then, that roughly 154,352 theoretical cremations could have
been performed at Auschwitz between December 1941 and November 1944.
It is still claimed today by the Auschwitz authorities that about one and
half million people died or were murdered at Auschwitz during this time.
This number is down from the previous Polish and Soviet claim of four million
"Nazi victims" - with the Zionists claiming all along at least
two and a half million of those were Jews.
Against that claim, there is documentation for fewer than 80,000 deaths
at the camp. This information came from the Auschwitz death registries,
held in moth balls for decades but finally released by the Soviets, thanks
in some measure to a world wide write in campaign to Gorbachev in 1989
by thousands of Zündel suporters.
These death registries were analyzed by people who know Jewish names, replete
with diverse spellings in various Slavic languages, These analyses indicate
less than 30% of those who died there were Jews, and the bulk of those
deaths were due to epidemics and common diseases.
These numbers of corpses could have been disposed of, given the crematoria
capacity at that time. The "four million" previously claimed,
or even 1 1/2 million "revised" simply could not have been incinerated.
The numbers don't check out.
Majdanek's crematory had six retorts and operated for nine months. These
resources would provide for another 12,960 theoretical cremations.
Nizkor seems to be relying on the French pharmacist Pressac's writings.
What will Nizkor do as Pressac ruduces the number of victims in his calculations
downward more ever closer to Revisionist figures and positions? It is known
to have happened before.