Pressac was originally a holocaust denier who, with robert faurisson, attempted to. Robert van pelt stated once that the crematoria of auschwitz birkenau, as the killing sites of hundreds of thousands of jews, are. The nazis did not start world war ii with a plan to eliminate the jews. Technique and operation of the gas chambers free ebook download as pdf file. Of course, research has not stood still since then. Technique and operation of the gas chambers includes hundreds of goodquality reproductions of original german architectural plans and diagrams, photographs taken both during and after the war, and many documents, with translations. Technique and operation of the gas chambers, auschwitz research, for the first time, obtained a solid.
The holocaust revisited central intelligence agency. Jcp auschwitz technique and operation of the gas chambers. Auschwitz survivor gena turgel walked out of gas chamber alive. We are extremely grateful to the beate klarsfeld foundation for permission to present jeanclaude pressacs extraordinary book auschwitz. After the collapse of the soviet union, a lot of previously classified archival material was made accessible. Yet turgel, who was 21 at the time, walked out alive. This solution evolvedespecially from 1939 to 1941as they tried different techniques to. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In 1989, he published a 564page book in oversize landscape format featuring reproductions of hundreds of original german wartime documents on auschwitz that were thoroughly annotated by pressac. Technique and operation of the gas chambers would expect is an indepth study bearing on the technique and operation of these extraordinary chemical abattoirs without precedent in history, then a complete description of the process by which a million victims were gassed. Credit card charges are always in usdollars at current exchange rates. Holocaust deniers have seized on the opportunities created by the nazi decision.
About 600 soviet pows and 250 sick poles were killed in such experimentation from september 35, 1941. Although pressac was at one time a revisionist, and associated with the denier robert faurisson, he saw the light after undertaking an indepth examination of almost everything to do with auschwitz. Technique and operation of the gas chambers by jeanclaude pressac isbn. The material may not be copied, downloaded or placed on another web site. Technique and operation of the gas chambers, auschwitz research, for the first time, obtained a solid foundation supported by documents. An author and a book that are concealed from us a windfall for the revisionists a deceptive title. Extermination operations in progress at birkenau were recorded on. Gas chambers auschwitz and shoah history auschwitz. Afterwards, the morgue at crematorium i in the main camp was. Technique and operation of the gas chambers among other publications on the subject.
The operational use of the gas chambers in auschwitz was preceded by experiments intended to find the most effective chemical agent and to work out the proper method for its use. Technique and operation of the gas chambersan introduction. The holocaust history project is pleased to be able to offer jeanclaude pressacs seminal work on auschwitz entitled auschwitz. This is arguably the most important early book on a frightening and difficult subject. Technique and operation of the gas chambers on the mazal library web site. Introduction introduction the dutch cultural historian dr. The route to mass murder and waiting for death in krematoria four and five. Inside the gas chambers the extermination of mainstream holocaust historiography by carlo mattogno castle hill publishers p. In the most notorious of all, auschwitzbirkeanau, she was herded naked into a gas chamber with hundreds of others.