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Did you have to be dead to be put in a crematory during the Holocaust?
Yes, the crematoria (crematories) were for burning corpses.
What was the thing that burned victims of gas chambers during the Holocaust called?
The corpses were burned in crematoria.
What were the fiery furnaces?
In the context of the Holocaust, fiery furnaces refers to the crematoria (used to burn the victims' corpses).
What part of speech is crematoria?
Crematoria is a noun.
How many oven did aushwitz have?
Auschwitz, the largest Nazi concentration and extermination camp, had four main gas chambers equipped with crematoria. The camp's crematoria could incinerate thousands of bodies daily, with estimates suggesting that over a million people were killed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The exact number of ovens varied, but each crematorium typically had multiple ovens for the disposal of corpses.
Were bodies thrown in rivers during the holocaust?
Generally speaking, bodies were not, no, but ashes from those who had been sent to the crematoria were frequently dumped into rivers, yes. The ashes of the defendants hanged at the Nuremberg Trials were also cremated and dumped into a river.
Did VW build crematoria for concentration camps?
no
What weapons were used during the Holocaust and why?
The only weapon really used in the Holocaust were Gas chambers using Zyklon-B rodenticide gas, (killing so many the extermination-camp crematoria had to run continually). Before this, many victims were simply shot, but the Nazis realised this was too inefficient for their mass-murder policy, and had bad psychological effects on the soldiers involved.
What does crematoria?
A furnace or establishment for burning (cremating) corpses.
Who built the ovens used in the Holocaust?
J A Topf und Soehne, Erfurt. The company had an established reputation for building efficient crematoria and other furnaces that reached very high temperatures using low-grade coal.
When was the demolition of the crematoria at Auschwitz that began to hide the crimes of the Nazis?
According to the German Wikipedia, in November 1944 the SS began dismantling the crematoria in the hope of reassembling them in Mauthausen. Shortly before the arrival of the Soviet Army in Auschwitz (27 January 1945) the SS blew up the gas chambers and the remaining crematoria - and then fled.
How many crematoria did the Nazis have in operation?
Please see the link below, which should answer the question as far as Auschwitz is concerned. Most of the larger concentration camps, such as Buchenwald and Dachau, also had crematoria, but they were smaller.
