Majdanek

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Visit to Majdanek on a windy day in March 2007.

This very short film includes a visit to the gas chambers in the lower part of the camp. Buildings at the upper part of the camp once marked as being gas chambers almost certainly were not used for this purpose.

The museum states that prisoners were murdered by carbon monoxide in these chambers, however the blue staining would suggest that Zyklon B was used.

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My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. With almost one film per day, one may be forgiven for thinking I do nothing else but I do have a day job as well. I have produced more than 400 original films, most in English but also in Polish, French, Italian, Spanish and the occassional hint of German and Hebrew. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects

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There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine!

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In 1997 I founded Polish Business News http://www.pbn.com.pl .There are a number of business related films here and I intend to do many more on CRM (customer relations management).

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Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Majdanek
• Lublin
• concentration
• camp
• gas
• chamber
• Jewish
• Shoah
• holocaust
• Hoefle
• telegram
• prussic
• acid
• Zyklon

[kroikye]

Alan, I have never been to one of the camps. But I'm really intersted in how afterwards they ( the guards I mean ) got the gas out of the chaimbers in a quick and safe way. And where did the gas go after, I mean a cloud of gas inside the camp would be deadly to anyone. I really can't figure this out, maybe you can help me out here

[alanheath]

The gas was removed from the chambers by ventilators, receipts for the purchase of which can be seen in the Auschwitz archives.

As Zyklon loses its danger level quite quickly and as ventilators would dissapate it into the atmosphere, there was little danger. Nonetheless the SS wore gas masks and accidents did happen.

[kroikye]

Ventilators, and where did they blow the gas then ? The gas would dissipate into the atmosphere, how ? I see no high chimney for safe removal of the gas, this would be the most obvious way of getting the deadly gasses out safe.

And also, is this building really airtight ?

[alanheath]

A ventilator sucked the gas out.

I dont know how gas dissapates - ask a chemist. However I can see it happening every time I burn something in the kitchen.

If you think a high chimney is needed and the experts from Degesch did not, then maybe you know more than they did.

I refer you to the instructions for the use of Zyklon which have been published on the internet and which demonstrate its use.

[scribendi777]

@alanheath could you please post links to these supposed accidents as I am making a report

[alanheath]

@scribendi777 what accidents?

[krysiapolska]

Yesterday I was there.Ayer estube alli.Wczoraj tam byłam. To było wzruszające przeżycie.

[bundleHastings]

Terrible wind you have there Alan!

[oldtilter]

Were the blue stains the same as famous"Prussian Blue"mentioned at Auschwitz?

[Number7smokesForEver]

@kroikye

A building does not need to be completely airtight when an insecticide like Zyklon-B is used. It is quite lethal in any confined space - obviously other structures like an army barracks for example would not be airtight when Zyklon-B was used for its original purpose - killing lice which required larger amounts of the gas.

[kroikye]

@o3MTA3o "outputsystem" ? What system are you referring to here ? The film doesnt show any such "system".

Evidence or a website please

[o3MTA3o]

@kroikye i think you're confused. the big tall chimneys weren't part of the gas chambers. they were the tall chimney stacks where the dead bodies would be creamated for easier disposal after they've been gassed. from what i've researched there was usually an input and output system for the gas, and even if it's wasn't fully airtight the volume of gas pumped in would far outweigh whatever seeped out thru a crack here or there.