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The Making of the Auschwitz Myth Auschwitz in British Intercepts, Polish Underground Reports and Postwar Testimonies (1941-1947). On the Genesis and Development of the Gas-Chamber Lore. Carlo Mattogno Castle Hill Publishers P.O. Box 243, Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK January 2021 HOLOCAUST HANDBOOKS, Volume 41: Carlo Mattogno: The Making of the Auschwitz Myth: Auschwitz in British Intercepts, Polish Underground Reports and Postwar Testimonies (1941-1947). On the Genesis and Development of the Gas- Chamber Lore. 2nd, corrected edition, translated from the Italian by Carlos W. Porter and Germar Rudolf Uckfield, East Sussex: CASTLE HILL PUBLISHERS PO Box 243, Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK January 2021 ISBN10: 1-59148-262-3 (print edition) ISBN13: 978-1-59148-262-8 (print edition) ISSN: 1529-7748 Published by CASTLE HILL PUBLISHERS Manufactured worldwide © Carlo Mattogno Distribution: Castle Hill Publishers, PO Box 243 Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK https://shop.codoh.com Set in Times New Roman www.HolocaustHandbooks.com Cover Illustrations: top: a German wartime telewriter “Enigma” for sending encrypted telegrams; left: organizational chart of the Polish government in ex- ile during World War II; right: 1946 propaganda drawing by former Ausch- witz inmate David Olère; bottom: various charcoal sketches by David Olère describing the various stages of the claimed extermination process; back- ground: the entry gate to the Auschwitz Main Camp. C. MATTOGNO ∙ THE MAKING OF THE AUSCHWITZ MYTH 5 Table of Contents Page Introduction ..................................................................................................... 9 Part 1: Auschwitz in British Radio Intercepts ........................................... 13 Introduction ................................................................................................. 15 1.1. The Absence of Clues about “Gas Chambers” .................................... 19 1.2. Richard Breitman’s Labored Interpretations ....................................... 25 1.3. The Typhus Epidemics at Auschwitz in 1942-1943 ............................ 46 1.4. The Typhus Epidemic and Zyklon-B Deliveries ................................. 74 1.5. The Typhus Epidemic and the “Ostwanderung” ................................. 76 1.6. The Typhus Epidemic and the Genesis of the Birkenau Crematoria ... 88 1.7. General Information on Auschwitz Camp ........................................... 95 1.7.1. Jews, Jewish Transports and Inmate Transfers .......................... 95 1.7.2. The Use of Inmate Hair ............................................................. 98 1.7.3. The Jewish Watch-Maker Inmates at Majdanek ........................ 99 1.7.4. Dandelions ............................................................................... 100 1.7.5. Barbed Wire to Fence the Camp .............................................. 101 Part 2: Auschwitz in Polish-Underground Reports (1941-1944) ............ 103 2.1. Sources of Information on Auschwitz ............................................... 105 2.2. The “First Gassing” ........................................................................... 116 2.3. The Genesis of the “Gas-Chamber” Lore .......................................... 119 2.3.1. The Reports of 1942 ................................................................ 119 2.3.2. The 1943 Reports ..................................................................... 138 2.3.3. The Reports of 1944 ................................................................ 178 2.4. The Auschwitz Escapees and the Wetzler-Vrba Report .................... 217 2.5. The Manuscripts of “Sonderkommando” Prisoners ........................... 243 2.5.1. Chaim Herman ......................................................................... 245 2.5.2. Salmen Gradowski ................................................................... 248 2.5.3. Leib Langfus ............................................................................ 259 2.5.4. An “Unknown Author” ............................................................ 261 2.5.5. Salmen Lewental ..................................................................... 276 2.5.6. Marcel Nadsari (Nadjari) ......................................................... 283 Part 3: Testimonies after the Conquest of Auschwitz .............................. 291 3.1. The Soviets ........................................................................................ 293 3.1.1. The First Reports on Auschwitz .............................................. 293 3.1.2. Boris Polevoy and the First Reports (1945) ............................. 294 3.1.3. The Report of May 7, 1945 ...................................................... 298 3.2. Eyewitness Testimonies by “Sonderkommando” Members .............. 306 3.2.1. Szaja Gertner (1945) ................................................................ 307 3.2.2. Anonymous Polish Testimony of 1945.................................... 308 3.2.3. Roman Sompolinski (1945) ..................................................... 311 6 C. MATTOGNO ∙ THE MAKING OF THE AUSCHWITZ MYTH 3.2.4. Charles Sigismund Bendel (1945-1948) .................................. 315 3.2.5. André Lettich (1946) ................................................................ 317 3.2.6. Milton (Meilech) Buki (1946) ................................................. 321 3.2.7. Miklós Nyiszli (1946) .............................................................. 323 3.2.8. Anonymous Polish Testimony of 1946 .................................... 327 3.2.9. Arnošt (Ernst, Arnold) Rosin (1947) ....................................... 329 3.3. Non-“Sonderkommando” Witnesses Who Worked in the Crematoria ......................................................................................... 335 3.3.1. Protocol No. 90 (June 23, 1945) .............................................. 336 3.3.2. Protocol No. 151 (June 27, 1945) ............................................ 337 3.3.3. Protocol No. 182 (June 30, 1945) ............................................ 338 3.3.4. Protocol No. 2114 (August 26, 1945) ...................................... 339 3.3.5. Lieberman (1945)..................................................................... 341 3.4. Testimonies of Prisoners Who Claim to Have Escaped a Gassing .... 343 3.4.1. Abraham Cykert (1945) ........................................................... 343 3.4.2. Regina Bialek (1945) ............................................................... 344 3.4.3. Sofia Litwinska (1945) ............................................................ 345 3.4.4. Bruno Piazza (1956) ................................................................ 348 3.5. Incidental Witnesses of the Gas Chambers ........................................ 349 3.5.1. Ada Bimko (1945) ................................................................... 349 3.5.2. Jeannette Kaufmann (1945) ..................................................... 355 3.5.3. Regina Plucer (1945) ............................................................... 357 3.5.4. Hermine Kranz (1945) ............................................................. 361 3.5.5. Fritz Putzker (1945) ................................................................. 363 3.5.6. Isaac Egon Ochshorn (1945) .................................................... 366 3.5.7. Anonymous French Jewish Witness (1946) ............................. 369 3.5.8. Helena Bard-Nomberg (1946) ................................................. 372 3.6. Hearsay Testimonies of Inmates Receiving Information from “Sonderkommando” Members ........................................................... 373 3.6.1. Sofia Kaufmann Schafranov (1945) ........................................ 373 3.6.2. Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier (1945) ................................. 374 3.6.3. Marco Nahon (1945) ................................................................ 376 3.6.4. Chaim Frosch (1945) ............................................................... 378 3.7. Testimonies of Prisoners Reporting Camp Rumors ........................... 379 3.7.1. Protocol No. 701 (July 9, 1945) ............................................... 379 3.7.2. Protocol No. 468 (July 20, 1945) ............................................. 380 3.7.3. Anonymous French Student (1945) ......................................... 381 3.7.4. Maurice Lequeux (1945) .......................................................... 382 3.7.5. Olga Lengyel (1946) ................................................................ 385 3.7.6. Mordecai Lichtenstein (1945) .................................................. 387 3.7.7. Pelagia Lewińska (1945) .......................................................... 388 3.7.8. Bela Fabian (1945) ................................................................... 389 3.7.9. Samuel Lewent (1945) ............................................................. 390 C. MATTOGNO ∙ THE MAKING OF THE AUSCHWITZ MYTH 7 3.7.10. André Rogerie (1946) ............................................................ 392 3.7.11. Narcyz Tadeusz Obrycki (1946) ............................................ 393 3.7.12. Robert Lévy (1947) ................................................................ 395 3.7.13. Kurt Marcus ........................................................................... 395 Part 4: First Attempts to Historicize the Resistance Fantasies ............... 403 4.1. Behind the Fences of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp ................ 405 4.2. Martyrdom of a People .....................................................................