Maintenance report on the replacement of special vehicles in service in Kulmoff

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"Berlin, June 5, 1942. Maintenance report on the replacement of special vehicles in service in Kulmoff: Since December 1941, 97,000 pieces of cargo have been processed. At present, none of these three vehicles are still in service. Major failure. However, based on current observations, the following technical modifications are necessary. The
first is the normal loading of trucks, which is usually 9 to 10 pieces per square foot. Sona’s models are very spacious. Appropriate, not because of overloading, but because full load affects the stability of the car. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the loading space. It is necessary to reduce the loading space by 1 foot instead of reducing the loading quantity according to the current solution, which will extend the working time. Waste more carbon monoxide in useless space. On the other hand, if the loading space is reduced, and the warehouse package is strong, the operating time can be significantly reduced. In a discussion, the manufacturer told us that reducing the size of the rear of the car would Make the car out of balance. They say that the front axle will be overloaded. But in fact, the balance is automatically restored, because in foreign operations, the car shows a natural tendency to rush to the rear door. Field operation shows that basically all cars are Fall down there. So the front axle will not be overloaded.
Secondly, the light should be extra protected. The light bulb should be protected in the iron mesh cover to avoid damage. If the light bulb is of no use, it can be completely removed, but according to observations, it should be used as a warehouse When the door is closed, the goods always squeeze each other and move closer to the door. When darkness falls, the goods will rush to the door more severely, making it difficult to open the door. Of course, considering the warning effect of darkness, the door is closed. The sound is always constant while
driving, and turning on the lights is the best solution. Third, in order to facilitate cleaning of the vehicle, there must be a sealed sewage pipe in the middle of the compartment floor. The diameter of the sewage outlet cover is between 8 and 12 inches. An oblique valve is required to facilitate the draining of liquids. In actual cleaning, the sewage pipe can be used to drain large pieces of soil. The
above technical adjustments only need to be implemented when repairing vehicles in active service. The ten new cars ordered by (Saurer) must be improved and changed based on the necessary experience and usage requirements. They must be submitted to the Chief of D Section of the Second Division of the Central Security Bureau for consideration-the
commander of the SS First Assault Brigade, Walter Law Husband
----Sign: Agree"
Such a simple and rigorous truck modification report actually refers to the modification of the poison truck truck used for the massacre of Jews in the concentration camps in Finland.

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  • Claude Lanzmann: But a ghetto like Warsaw's, in a great capital, in the heart of the city...

    Franz Grassler: That was unusual.

    Claude Lanzmann: You say you wanted to maintain the ghetto?

    Franz Grassler: Our mission wasn't to annihilate the ghetto, but to keep it alive, to maintain it.

    Claude Lanzmann: What does "alive" mean in such conditions?

    Franz Grassler: That was the problem. That was the whole problem.

    Claude Lanzmann: But people were dying in the streets. There were bodies everywhere?

    Franz Grassler: Exactly. That was the paradox.

    Claude Lanzmann: You see it as a paradox?

    Franz Grassler: I'm sure of it.

    Claude Lanzmann: Why? Can you explain?

    Franz Grassler: No.

    Claude Lanzmann: Why not?

    Franz Grassler: Explain what? But the fact is... That wasn't maintaining! Jews were being exterminated daily in the ghetto wrote... To maintain it properly we'd have needed more substantial rations and less crowding.

    Claude Lanzmann: Why weren't the rations more humane? Why weren't they? That was a German decision wasn't it?

    Franz Grassler: There was no real decision to starve the ghetto. The big decision to exterminate came much later.

    Claude Lanzmann: That's right, later. In 1942.

    Franz Grassler: Precisely.

    Claude Lanzmann: A year later.

    Franz Grassler: Just so. Our mission, as I recall it, was to manage the ghetto, and naturally with those inadequate rations and the over-crowding, a high, even excessive death rate was inevitable.

    Claude Lanzmann: Yes. What does "maintain" the ghetto mean in such conditions, the food, sanitation, etcetera? What could the Jews do against such measures?

    Franz Grassler: They couldn't do anything.

    Claude Lanzmann: Why did Czerniakow commit suicide?

    Franz Grassler: Because he realised there was no future for the ghetto. He probably saw before I did that the Jews would be killed.

  • Claude Lanzmann: Yes, but do you know how many people died in the ghetto each month in 1941?

    Franz Grassler: I don't know now, if I ever knew.

    Claude Lanzmann: But you did know. There are exact figures.

    Franz Grassler: I probably knew...

    Claude Lanzmann: Yes. Five thousand a month.

    Franz Grassler: Five thousand a month? Yes, well... That's a lot...