The Holes in the Roofs of the Gas Chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau: A forensic investigation proves their existence

"No holes, no Holocaust" has long been one of the denier community's favorite slogans. It refers to the holes in the roof of Kremas (crematoria) II and III at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Now a report at The Holocaust History Project entitled The Ruins of the Gas Chambers: A Forensic Investigation of Crematoriums at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz-Birkenau by Daniel Keren, Harry W. Mazal and Jamie McCarthy proves not only that the holes existed but shows where they are. This report first appeared in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Oxford University Press, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2004, pages 68-103. and is reproduced with permission.

April 2009

April 26, 2009. Added a report entitled The Ruins of the Gas Chambers: A Forensic Investigation of Crematoriums at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz-Birkenau by Daniel Keren, Harry W. Mazal and Jamie McCarthy which proves not only that the holes existed but shows where they are. This report first appeared in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Oxford University Press, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2004, pages 68-103. and is reproduced with permission.

July 2005

July 31, 2005. Added a Short Essay on Odilo Globocnik, the head of the Operation Reinhard death camps.
July 23, 2005. Added the complete text of Dr. Robert Jay Lifton's brilliant and horrifying book The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide, courtesy of Dr. Lifton and Sara Salzman.

August 2004

August 28, 2004. Added an article from Die Welt newspaper, along with English translation, on the report by three THHP contributors dealing with the holes in the roofs of Crematoriums II and III at Auschwitz-Birkenau that was published in the journal Holocaust and Genocide Studies.