Delousing + Disinfestation

Epidemics are frequently the most common causes of death during wartime. The two world wars were no exception. Hence all nations involved had to constantly battle the carriers of the pathogens. The techniques used by the Germans during WWII to kill the carriers of the greatest killer behind the German frontline – typhus – are described in the papers listed here. These contributions also address the deliberate misrepresentation by the Allies of these German efforts to save lives by depicting them as methods of mass murder.

Special Treatment in Auschwitz

Item Properties Published by: Uckfield: Castle Hill Publishers ISBN: 978-1-59148-142-3 Pages: 174 Edition No.: 2, corrected and updated Release Date: 7/2016 Illustrations: 37 b+w Features: Index, Bibliography Appearing in German wartime documents in the context of the “Holocaust,” terms like “special treatment,” “special action,” and others have usually been interpreted as code words that signify…

Some Details of the Central Construction Office of Auschwitz

1. Introduction In 1992 the Moscow Central Archives made its holdings publicly accessible.[1] These include the – evidently not entirely complete – correspondence of the Central Construction Office of the Waffen-SS and Police of Auschwitz – some 83,000 documents.[2] This Construction Office was in charge of all matters relating to construction in the concentration and…

Delousing American Style

The National Socialist government of Germany was neither the first nor the last to deal with health issues resulting from concentrating large populations in confined areas. It is unfortunately typical that many who consider the accounts of witnesses of the Nazi concentration camp system view this time and the events which have come to be…

Some Aspects of Ship Fumigation / Experiments with Certain Fumigants used for the Destruction of Cockroaches / Effect of Fumigation on Cockroaches on Ships / The Air Jet Hydrocyanic Acid Sprayer / The Fumigation of Loaded Ships

Zyklon B is the principle agent typically cited in the mass extermination of Jews in the Holocaust. The name itself stirs up vivid horrifying images. Zyklon B in common thought was developed for the purpose of genocide. This however is far from the truth. Period documents tell quite a different story about Zyklon B and…

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