Posted on 11/09/2008 9:00:24 AM PST by mojito
The German newspaper Bild published never-before-seen architectural plans of the Auschwitz extermination camp on Saturday that reveal, in their unequivocally marked sections, that everyone involved in the operation of Auschwitz knew full well that it was intended for the systematic extermination of human beings, the paper said.
The floor plans, cross-sections and maps on yellowing paper, mostly on a scale of 1:100, were reportedly found during the evacuation of an abandoned Berlin apartment. They were drawn up between 1941 and 1943.
The 28 documents include detailed blueprints of prisoner barracks, gas chambers marked clearly Gaskammer (Gas chamber) in a Gothic-inspired font and a cross-section of the gate into which the rails of trains entered carrying Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, disabled persons and other people the National Socialists sent to die.
One of the maps carries the handwritten signature of Gestapo commander Heinrich Himmler.
The plans were not construction plans but were drawn after Auschwitz-Birkenau was built (on the foundations of an old military base from the Austro-Hungarian Empire).
On January 20, 1942, Nazi officials met in the resort of Wannsee east of Berlin where they devised the Final Solution, and this has traditionally been taken by historians as the beginning of the Nazis' extermination campaign.
One of the drawings, predating the Wannsee Conference by eight months, sheds new light on the chronology of the German genocide machine.
Dr. Hans-Dieter Kreikamp, chief director of the Bundesarchivs, the federal archives in Berlin, said the find was of "extraordinary importance."
"The plans are authentic certificates of a systematically planned genocide of European Jews," Bild quoted Kreikamp as saying.
As the plans show a "Laundry and shower room" leading into a "Dressing room" and then to the "Gas chamber," there could be no doubt of the purpose of the large room marked Gaskammer.
The documents rebut the last of those who would deny the Holocaust, Bild said in its report.
Just another warning, if you will, about authoritarianism, totalitarianism, communism, and absolute power.
BFL.
The documents rebut the last of those who would deny the Holocaust, Bild said in its report.
Actually, a liberal of the era would have seen Gaskammer and automatically decided it meant de-lousing room.
“The 28 documents include detailed blueprints of prisoner barracks, gas chambers marked clearly Gaskammer (Gas chamber) in a Gothic-inspired font”
wasn’t *all* printed german in similar fonts up until fairly recently, as in the last few decades?
No, they don't. Nothing will.
Well, maybe a time machine....
I had heard that everyone in Germnay was on vacation from 1933 thru 1945.
“Hmmm, this should come in handy...”
-Obama, upon reading this story.
The Obama plans for a Christian and Jewish Holocaust may be written on some piece of paper right now...
No, that’s not hyperbole or an exaggeration. Just look at the evil of Obama and know that evil is the only thing that can come from such a person...
Small historical correction. Heinrich Himmler was Reichsfuehrer SS, Chief of the German Police, Minister of the Interior [eventually], and had a bunch of other jobs. The actual COMMANDER of the Gestapo [two levels down from Himmler] was SS Obergruppenfuehrer Heinrich Mueller.
The LEFT often tries to distance itself from its ideological roots or just outright lies and denies its philosophical heritage in SOCIALISM.
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Without a doubt — we heard PLENTY of that during the Presidential campaign, did we not??
I have visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, and can tell you.....I will NEVER forget it. The smell stays with me, as well. I believe
it is a requirement by the Polish Government that every school-aged child visit. Should be recommended for children worldwide. jmo.
.....and before that, the idea was based on Darwinism.
I know its difficult, but try to stay on topic.
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Expansion and industrial efficiency courtesy of Albert Speer, who was surprised not to be hung along with his cohorts.
-Obama, upon reading this story.
Exactly. Something tells me the reason they dug this up was a request from the Obama transition team.
Hitler took a while to get to that point, but he started on the evil pathway right from the beginning. And likewise with Obama. His pathway has already been marked at evil from the beginning and he is going to consolidate his power and continue his evil march...
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