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    THE BALL RE'PORTAuschwitz air photo maps , heatre l o ~ c h e s t r a s played here r e g u l a r l y ~

    AUSChWit:hat d i ~ campbuildings and fieldslook like in 1944?

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    Were the supposedmass murder siteshidden, orcompletely visible?

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    1"1" " : " " ~ ~ .\' , . \ ~ ' , I I " " ' "wire fenceA crematorium at Birkenau View of the camp from an outside farm~ 2 ; ~ : : : : , 'E IrRN OAP; E ~ ~ ~ N jv{ M a r ; 4 ~ : : ~ 9 ~ : m :

    - . / LOCATIONS IN BOOK ) ~ S m o l e n s k air photos,/ I \ and" ~ . ' " /'.. i \ 1993 AuschwitzR M lA N YJ } - ~ R U S ~ ~ , . , T U. S.\S.R mapping tour,'(

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    \ Warsaw' ~ S O B I B O R . John C. Ball', - Air photo interprete'dreSden ' , - " , A / r:J B ~ . I B I Y AR A l and Geologist

    , r.. " " " , LJ"- -.. . . .J Kiev,.. , . '- . (, ... BELZEC' Photos from bookPraque\ c... -') C l 0' AUSCHWITZ' K k ~ ! , Air Photo E v i ' d ' e n c. E . . ra ow (References - page 16\ eL I ' . ... _ ,..,.--.....,

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    2 Roads and villages around Auschwitz camps

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    Auschwitz I buildings and fence

    Qne of the 26 heated sleeping barracks:chimneys ventilating the coal fed heatersthree story bunk bedstoilets and wash basins 4 office

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    Auschwitz I camp during 1944 - 31 buildings and i n m a : t e ~ were concealed behind a solid fencScale:meters0 25 50, ,

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    1 Birch and Poplar trees2 administration building constructed in 19423 railway tracks4 watchtowers5 two parallel 3 meter (10 foot) high wire fences6 arheit maqhtfrei (work gives freedom) entrance sign7 German wartime hospital built in 191-6 by Austrians8 1942 and '43 crematorium building, and alleged

    1942 human gas chamber, had 2 smalJ. vents in '449 shops where inmates made wood tables and chairs10 Block 24: main floor - musical instrument storagerooms and library, top floor - 10 girls who lived _

    there operated a part time brothel (4)11 kitchen and eight barracks below it built in 1941

    12 spot where some of the 80 member symphonyorchestra regularly played ligh,t classical music (513 post office with weekly pick up and delivery14 21 military barracks built in 1916 by Austrians15 music and drama theatre built in 191616 sand and gravel pit 2.5 meters (8 feet) deep17 swimming pool 23 by 5 meters (75 by 16 ft.) withdiving boards 3 and 1 meter (10 and 3 feet) high18 row of trees called Birch Avenue by inmates19 ~ a m p commandant's office built in 194220 sleeping barrack for the commandant21 Sola River road north-east to Oswiecim town22 cement fence 3 metres (10 feet) high around two

    sides of camp blocked view from Sola River roaMap 2: _Drawn from 1944 air photos and 1993 ground reconnaissance. (3)

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    Birkenau camp in 1944

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    Map 3: Drawn from 1944 ai r photos and 1993 ground recon aissan e. 6)

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    Legend1 farms that were ploughed and tilled in 19442 roads entering camp3 sewage ditches that drained to the Wisla River1.3 kilometers (.8 mile) west, and Sola River4 the White Cottage outside the camp fence, saidto have been a human gas chamber in 19425 1942 victims did not use these buildings to un-

    dress as alleged; they were not built til June, '446 trees7 there were no empty pits where it is allegedhundreds of gassing victims a day were incinerated in large open ditches from May to Aug.,1944, when the crematoriums were overloaded8 two buildings with tall chimneys and adjacentgardens said to have been crematoriums andhuman gas chambers in 1942 and '43 werevisible from all sides through wire fences9 ditches six meters (20 ft.) long by 1.5 meters(5 ft.) '"deep had water in the bottom10 Central Sauna where steam and air, over 70degrees C. (155 d. F.) for 1 minute, killed body .lice in clothes, and inmates also showered (7)

    11 the 30 Kanada barracks where inmates workedto sort and store clothing and personal effectsthat new arrivals had brought to camp12 sewage treatmeat ditches and round tanks13 two crematoriums with belowground morguesalleged to have been gas chambers where . "1,400 a day were murdered in 1943 and '4414 location where one of six Auschwitz I and Bir-kenau orchestras gave Sunday concerts (8)15 sports field with soccer goal posts16 hospital buildings for inmates17 gardens18 Mexico camp extension did not have afence, however after 1945 a f ~ n c e was built19 kitchens - 9 in men's camp, 3 in women's20 two buildings where cyqnide gas was used tokill typhus carrying body l i c ~ leather goods21 guard towers22 wire fence three meters (ten feet) high23 storage buildings for potatoes and vegetables24 women's brick and wood sleeping barracks25 train loading and unloading ramp26 row of toilets and wash basins27 men's wood sleeping barracks28 main entrance gate29 railway tracks30 water pumping station31 camp administration headquarters32 Brzezinka town

    Birkenau buildings

    Zyclon B cyanide gas disinfestation buildings:(number 20 on left)1 ventilators used for airing the rooms only, as therewere no furnaces in these buildings2 room where lighter-than-air Zyclon B cyanide gas waused to kill typhus carrying body lice in leather goodssuch as shoes, and in heavy clothes and bedding. (9)

    Buildings with large furnaces and'tall chimneys wer.used for unknown purposes - (nuinber 8on left):1 The now destroyed furnaces were designed differentlythan crematorium furnaces (number .13). Inmates wertold by barrack supervisors that they were bakeries fothe thousands ofloaves ofbread used daily. (10)2 Alleged gas chambers would not have been in buildinwith furnaces, 'as cyanide gas at over 6% concentratioautoignites at furnace operating temperatures. (11)

    Men's and women's sleeping barracks - (nos. 24 and 21 bunk beds with mattresses three rows high2 brick coal fed heaters down entire length of barracks

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    Two crematorium buildings where 1,400 a day were allegedly murdered1 roads without gates2 fanns that were ploughed and tilled during 19443 Birch and Poplar trees4. drawing 7 on next page is viewed from this location5 drawing 8 on next page is viewed from this location6 sewage and water drainage ditches7 watchtowers8 sewage treatment tanks9 ' see-through wire fences 3 meters (10 feet) high10 stairs where hundreds ofpeople a day from April,1943 to Sept.: 44 were said to have been herded11 gates through which groups of people wereallegedly marched into crematorium yards12 healthy garden that was not walked on and crushed13 one meter high roofs of below ground rooms built as

    morgues, but said to have been undressing room14 one meter (3 ft.) high roofs of alleged human gachambers where SS men were said to have pou

    Zyclon B cyanide pellets through roof vents15 ditches 2 meters (6:5 ft.) deep with water in bott16 crematoriums built to bum 102 bodies a day (\317 sewage settling ditches18 kitchen in the women's camp19 railway boxcars20 train unloading ramp21 spot where musicians from the women's symphorchestra, or 120 member brass band, gave Sunday afternoon concerts during good weather (\422 sports field where soccer was popular, and inmacheered their favourites at boxing matches (\5)

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    ,Cut-away showing inside rooms - Drawing 7: Viewed from location 4, page 6

    1 fenoe posts2 open gates3 garden'4 stairs below ground5 guard tower6 morgue

    7 alleged gas chamber8 5 furnaces (3 doorseach), designed to

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    Crematorium building from another angle - Drawing 8: viewed from location 5, page 61 garden2 stairs3 alleged undressing room

    4 the 14 strands of barbed wire be-tween posts were almosLinvisiblefrom a 50 meter (160 ft.) distance5 alleged human gas chamber6 2 meter (6.5 f t . } d ~ e p pit and 2 shed7 kitchen in women's camp

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    8 The Soviet 1940 mass murder site in the Katyn forestFacts:1940, March - .The Soviet state police selected the center of a one kilometer (5/8 mile)

    wide section of the Katyn fo rest to dig mass graves for ordered executions.1940, April and May - 118 Polish army officers per day were driven from the railway station

    in windowless trucks through the forest to the graves and were immediately executed.1941 - German troops occupied the area, but as there were no witnesses, they did not find the graves

    until a wolfwas seen digging human bones in January, '43, 1 1/2 years later. (18)

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    1 main road from Smolensk 15 kilometers (9 miles)2 foot and horse trail3 Pine trees '4 Goat's Wood section of the Katyn Forest that waspartially fenced in and guarded with dog patrolsin 1939 and '40 to prevent unauthorized entry5 narrow winding road6 enlarged area where 4,143 prisoners were draggedfrom trucks, bound, shot, 'put in graves, and where

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    Pine trees were later planted to conceal the graves7 the closest building to the gravesite, where an oldercouple who were beekeepers lived in 19408 Soviet state'police buildings used between 1935 and"41. After July, 1941, it was a German communi-cations center, and a l ~ , h o u g h staff drove the road, theydidn't find the graves until a hungry wolf led them tosearch the roadside area with villagers, 1.5 years late9 Dnieper RiverMap 5: Drawn from 1940 to '44 air photos. (19)

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    1. Comparing the Katyn forest, Auschwitz I, and synthetic oil plant to BirkenauKatyn remote forest versus B i r ~ e n a u populated farmlandKatyn forest / Birkeanu crematoriumsSoviet state police Germans allegedlyexecuted 4,143 (average murdered 750,000 7118 per day) for five (average 1,400 per day)weeks in April and May, during 1.5 years from1940 April, '43 to Sept. '44

    near the center of a one in a flat valleysquare kilometer (5/8 of surrounded by farms,mile) remote forest roads, and villages, yetwith hills and gullies, wide forests existed 35. - ~ ~ (3"! OOOoObeside a narrow ,road kms. (22 miles) away : i 00 0t3"" 1M';no witnesses as graves many witnesses from o0hidden in a forest, entry farmers and villagers 0 0 ,was forbidden, and the outside camp, and 0closest farms were 3 Km. inmates inside, through 0 r;-' .(2 miles) away transparent wife fences,;

    ' r t. r t. .... ,2. Solid fences around other camps versus wire fences around ~ i r k e n a u

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    Auschwitz I - mass murders arenot alleged, but a solid fence prevented villagers from seeing insideSynthetic oil plant - murders andmistreatment are not alleged, buta solid fence surrounded the plant

    Birkenau crellJlatoriums - alleged1,400 murdered daily, yet no solidfences were built to conceal the area3. Coal piles at the gas producing plant versus absence of coal at the crematoriums

    gas production plantover a hundred tons ofcoal a day were burned atthe chemical plant {I} torelease methane gas usedto make synthetic oilhad coal storage yardsand 80 meter (260 foot)long coal piles {2} beside the rail lines {3 } -toensure steady coal supply

    140 tons of coal/day, at0.1 ton of coal/body,would have been needed to cremate average1,400 bodies a day (20)had no coal storageyards or coal pilesbeside the rail lines orin the crematoriumyards

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    I . had 70 meter long coal had no coal conveyors I \' - l conveyor systems {4} I' - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - __ ____________________ _ ~ ~ = = = = = = = ~ ~ - l i ~ ~

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    10 1993 Cyanide Sampling from Buildings where Zyclon B Cyanide Gas Was Allegedly UsDuring March, 1993, ten 5 es \yere taken by the author from each of the six locations below:

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    (same as 1) Alleged: (same as 3) 5Alleged: 6Alleged:A blue cyanide Cyanide gas was Cyanide gcyanide gas in a residue called used in a below Cyanide gaswas ~ e d at the was used inroom to kithousandspeople duriventilated room Prussian Blue to- ground level .killed typhUS day coats the room .to kill 700carrying body walls s h o w s people per day 1943ice in leather previous cyanide for 1.5years inand clothing 'gas use 1943 and '44

    Map 6: Samples were of either cement, mortar, or brick from wa ll 0 "' i : -. : : - - - or now collapsed rooms: (

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    11Average amount of cyanide in the ten samples from each location.

    3170 2780 0.4 1.2

    Measurement: (left column)Total amount of cyaniqe per sample,

    measured inmilligrams per kilogram (mglKg)

    or parts per million.

    Detection limit:Figures below 1.5 mglKgare considered the same as "0",

    because the laboratory analysisequipment could not accuratelydetect cyanide below this level.

    Samples:Bags of scrapings from the surfacesof brick, cement, or monar each

    weighed 0.2 kilograms (.4 pounds)

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    the outside (Sample site the cement roof the cement roof foundation ' the collapsedsame as 1) and brick walls inside and bricks of the mortar walls andbrick, andinside cement inside the now- outside of the so-called roofs of theand mortar, on collapsed below now-collapsed White Cottage, alleged gasthe disinfesta- ground level below ground also known as chamber roomtion room walls room room ' Bunker II

    Results: 1 arid 2 had high values Results:Reason: cyanide bonded with iron 3 to 6 had extremely low values that are considered to be "0"

    in the bricks, cement, and mortar Reason:Conclusions: cyanide gas was used 'cyanide did not bond with iron on the walls or ceilings of these rooms

    at least once to allow cyanide to Conclusions:bond with iron in the walls sample results show-cyanide gas was not used in any of these rooms

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    12 In May, 1944 five buildings on farmland existed at the alleged Treblinka camp areaAllegations: 1942 and '43 - 800,000 people were murdered by the Germans in gas chambers and buried.

    March to July', 1943 - 800,000 were exhumed and burned on open f i r e ~ . (21)1 . trees in forest2 roads3 railway line4 village5 farmhouses6 farms tilledduring 19447 allegedTreblinkamurder camp

    8 Wolka Okraglikvillage, with. 65 buildings,500 mtrs.(1630 ft.) east9 sand and .gravel pi t10 labour campbuildings'hadcement 'foundations

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    1 road and rail to Treblinka station 3 krns. (2 mi .) north2 trees3 branchrail line south to labour camp4 roads5 farms that were ploughed and tilled during 1944; 1940

    air photos show farming occurred at this time as well6 five buildings without fences during May, 1944, were

    destroyed b.etween May and Sept. '44, so that only thewalls remained (Soviets entered the area August, '44)

    7 boundaries of alleged 1942 and '43 murder camp8 scars in ground,vegetation in 1944 photos that

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    could have been caused by buildings withoutcement foundations that had been dismantled

    9 location on supposed eye-witness maps that shocement gas chambers, graves, and cremation grihowever 1944 air photos show no evidence ofprevious buildings, graves, or scorched earth. Italleged that cement foundations were removed,however cement foundation floors of all buildinat the labour camp were not removed, and existin 1993. Comparing the Katyn grave sizes, 1I40of 800,000, or 20,000, could have been buried here

    Map 8: Drawn from May to October, 1944 air photos. (22)

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    Trebli'nka - map from alleged eye-witness shows 36 buildings and mass murder area

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    Treblinka Map Legend:I, entrance9, barber, sick bay, dentist10, Polish and Ukrainian' girls

    11. bakery13. 'gold Jews' wiorking area15 . zoos, stables, pigs17. tailor, carpentors, sickroom18. kitchen and laundry20. locksmith24. storage disguised as station25. deportation square27. barber for women30. execution site

    Extermination area:31. approach to gas chambers32. 10 new gas chambers33. 3 old gas chambers34. burial pits35. 'roasts' for burning bodies36. prisoners kitchen & beds

    watchtower. . railwaybarbed wire fence .Map 9: Drawn on informationfrom an alleged survivor for a1965 Treblinka trial in Germany

    Ref: (a, page 39)

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    14 Belzec supposed murder camp was actually a logging camp in May, 1944Allegations: 1942 - 600,000 people were murdered by the G e r m a n ~ in gas c h a m b e ~ s and buried

    Nov., '42 to March, '43 - the 6QO ,000 bodies were exhumed and burned on open fires (23)I 0

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    I I Iroadsmain rail line passed through Belzec trainstation one kilometer (5 /8 mile) north

    3 trees4 farms that were ploughed and tilled in 19445 cleared line may have been a power cable6 short railway spur7 the lower building appears to have been a sawmill8 the alleged 1943 murder camp between the ridge

    top and-the railway spur was actually a 240 .by 250meter (790 by 810 foot) hi llside logging campwhere trees were removed from 1940 to '44.

    9 site of the, supposed 1942 human gas chambers10 hill-top ridge 30 meters (10 0 ft.) higher in eleva

    tion than the railway spur in the valley

    II location shown on alleged survivor's maps where600 ,QOO bodies were buried; but it would havebeen necessary to inefficientl), transport the bodiesuphill from the supposed gas chambers

    12 heavily worn path in the soil appeal s to have beena skid for sliding logs downhill to the rail cars

    13 rail carsEvidence Sobibor was also a logging camp:The same thing occurred 300 meters (1000 feet)north of the Sobibor railway station and lumber miwhere a supposed murder camp was actually a150 by 190 meter (485 b 620 foot) forest ar, :athat was logged betwen 1940 and '44, and in May.'44 photos, showed no ground scars from the supposed railway lines. building fo undations, or fence

    Map 10: Drawn from May to September, 1944 air photos. (_4

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    Babi Yar ravine in Kiev on September 26th, 1943 shows no evidence of mass excavationsAllegations:

    1941 to '43 - Over 100,000 people were shot by Waffen SS/ soldiers and buried in Babi Yar ravine, located innorthwest Kiev, Ukraine ('Yar' means 'ravine', so)ne Ukrainian name translates as 'Babi ravine')August 18th to Sept. 29th, 1943 - 70,000 bodies w ~ r e exhumed with bulldozers, and burned using railroadties, in the ravine at the average rate of 1,600 bodies per day, by over 200 workers (25)

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    outer edge of winding Babi ravine2 V shaped bottom of the ravine3 farms not ploughed or tilled during 19434 trees

    vegetation and undisturbed soil, and there was noscarring from bulldozer excavations, vehicle movements, or other soil moving work. There is noevidence excavations. and cremations were conducte5 cemetery6 straight footpaths between grave plots7 buildings8 location on the ravine floor where 64,000 bodieswere said to have been exhumed and cremated inthe previous five weeks, had sparsely scattered

    9 no scars from roads or horse trails exist in the ravine10 Melnik Street11 no vehicle tracks or horsetrails exist from Melnik

    Street into the ravine bottom12 narrow road and horsetrail proceeding west from

    the end of Melnik StreetMap 11: Drawn from September 26th, 1943 air photos . (26)

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    TreblinkaThe site wouldnot have beenused for massmurder, as it wasvisible from surrounding roads,farms, and villages. Only 20,000could have beenburied in the alleged grave area.

    BelzecThe allegedmurder camp wasa clear-cut on ahillside that waslogged from 1940to '44. Sobiborwas also a clear-.cut. Only 25,000could have beenburied at the alleged grave site.

    Ai r photos filed in Nat. Archives, Wash., D:C.: References Books and personal contacts:Map I to 4 (Auschwitz & Birkenau) from ai r photos:April 4, '44: RG 373 Can F 5631, exposure 4028May 31, '44: ./ RG 373 CflnD 1508, exp 3055, 3056June 26, '44: RG 373 Can C 1172, expo 5022Aug. 25, '44: RG 373 Can F 5367, expo 3182-3186Sept. 13, '44: RG 373 Can B 8413, expo 6V2, 3VIDec. 21, '44: RG 373 Can D 1533, exp 3021, 3022 .Dec. 21, ' 4 ~ : RG 373 CanB 8413, expo 6V3

    Map 5 (Katyn Forest) from ai r photos:July 9, '41: GX 2169 SK, exp.1 0Sept. 2, '42: GX 1562 SG, expo 105Oct. 13, '43: GX 4344 SO, expo 76Map 7 and 8 (Treblinka) from ai r photos:May 25, '40: TU GX Misc. 937, expo 22May 15, '44: GX 120 F 932 SK, expo 124, 125Nov. '44:GX 12225 SG, expo 259

    Ma p 10 (Belzec) from ai r photos:May 26, ' 40 : ' TU GX 932 F7 SK, expo 089May 16, '44 : GX 8095 33 SK, exp. ,155Map 11 (Babi Year) from ai r photo:Sept. 26, '43: GX 3938 SG, expo 104, 105

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    Chambers The Beate KlarsfeldFoundation, New York, N. Y., k Setkiewicz, Peter, History DeptAuschwitz Museum. Data givenautlior in 1993 interviews and t

    Numbers text refer to letters-'before books: I-b, p. 23, 24; 2-g,1 2,63; 3-b, pg. 32, 34, 35: 4-k; 5 k: 6-b , p. 39; 7-j. p. 66; 8-e, p. 112p.66; 10-k: ll-g, p. 2, 15 , 63 ; 12-b, p. 45,46; 13-g, p. 13; 14-e, p. 1and f, p. 290; 15-c, p. 46, and f, p. 296: 16-g, p. 12,13, and i, p. 176

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