Topf Sohne

Fact 1 There is a telegram of February 26, 1943, by means of which heating technician Jahrling of the Topf Sohne oven construction firm orders 10 Gas testers for crematorium II. 

According to contemporary literature, devices for the detection of HCN residues were called Blausaurerestnachweisgerate (HCN residue detection devices) or Gasrestnachweisgerate jur Zyklon (Gas residue detection devices for Zyklon).128 Since the Topf Sohne corporation according to the letter had already received information on the possibility of procurement of such devices from three firms, the correct name of these devices must in the meantime have penetrated even to Topf Sohne. 

For the most graphic description, cf. die testimony of Schultze, engineer with the firm Topf Sohne, in a KGB interrogation cf. G. Fleming in TheNew York Times, July 18, 1993, p. El % Der Spiegel 40/1993, p. 154. 

Ofen fur Krematorien System Topf. J. A. Topf Sohne Erfurt. Maschinenfabrik und feuerungstechnisches Bauge-schaft, publicity leaflet pub. 1926. 

As of the late 1930s, Topf Sohne as well as other manufacturers, especially the firm of H. Kori in Berlin and the Didier-Werke (also in Berlin),61 began to design cremation ovens for the concentration camps. These ovens were constructed more simply than those for civilian use. The Topf firm developed six projects for cremation ovens of this type ... 

Kosten-Anschlag J.A. Topf Sohne, Dec. 21, 1939, for SS-Neubauleitung of KL Buchenwald reg. a petrol- or coke-fired crematorium oven with two muffles. NO-4448. 

Regarding details on construction, cf. our main work, op. cit. (note 2), as well as J. A. Topf Sohne Erfurt. Coke-fired cremation oven and foundation blueprint. D57253. Jan. 10, 1940. Regarding SS New Construction Office of the concentration camp Auschwitz. BAK, NS 4 Ma/54 listing of the materials for a Topf Double-Muffle Cremation Oven, Jan. 23, 1943. BAK, NS 4 Ma/54 bill no. D 41/107, Feb. 5, 1941, BAK, NS 4 Ma/54. 

Topf Sohne Die Ofenbauer von Auschwitz, http //www.topfundsoehne.de/cms-... 

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