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22 March 1943 | The Zentralbauleitung of the #Auschwitz camp (Central Construction office) completed the construction of gas chamber and crematorium IV at Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp. The undressing rooms, gas chamber and crematorium were located on the ground level. 1/5
The gas chamber space was divided into three smaller rooms and had a total of 236.78 square meters. The exterior walls had holes with gas proof trapdoors for inserting Zyklon B. 2/5
The building had one eight-oven crematorium furnace. According to the calculations made German manufacturer Topf & Soehne, 768 corpses could be burned in this crematorium every 24 hours. 3/5 #architecture #topf #cremation
The building of the crematorium IV was burned down by the #Sonderkommando prisoners who barricaded themselves there during the revolt on October 7, 1944 and subsequently dismantled by the Germans. 4/5 #resistance #revolt
Today visitors of @AuschwitzMuseum can see the remains of the structure of gas chamber & crematorium IV at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site. You can also see it in our Virtual Visit: panorama.auschwitz.org/tour2,3007,en.… #elearning #education 5/5
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