"Krematorium II functioned as a
homicidal gas chamber and incineration installation from 15th March
1943, before its officially coming into service on 31st March, to 27th
November, 1944, annihilating a total of approximately 400,000 people,
most of them Jewish women, children and old men.
"Krematorium III was used in similar fashion from 25th June 1943 to
27th November 1944, killing about 350,000 victims.
"Thus approximately three-quarters of the Jewish victims of KL
Auschwitz-Birkenau were gassed and reduced to ashes in these two
buildings." (Pressac, Jean Claude. Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers. The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, NY: 1989. Pg. 183)
[ Index ]
The Crematoria
Burning Pits
Construction Documents
Crematoria and the Cremation Process
Dismantling
& Destruction of the Crematoria
Documents
Gas Chambers
Testimony