answersLogoWhite

0

Sorry I had to delete someones answer that said only 1 body was loaded in each oven, so heres some first hand testimony - WARNING - GRAPHIC - There were 5 Crematoriums at Auschwitz, but 52 Muffles, which are the openings allowing bodies to be fed into. They got very good at being able to fit the maximum amount of bodies in each muffle. They could burn 4-5 at a time continuously and sometimes 8 or more depending on the size of bodies. There are some sickening eye witness accounts coming first hand from the germans loading the ovens. This coming from a SonderKommando talks about how they would put the first 2 stacked, head to toe, face up but since the bodies arms and legs raise as they burn they would have to work fast to load the next bodies. They would burn the children with adults, loading a couple adults first so the children wouldnt slip through the grid bars into the ash bin, and then stack as many children as they could on top, sometimes as many as 8. This I quote "Women's bodies burned much better and more quickly than those of men. For this reason, when a charge was burning badly, we would introduce a woman's body to accelerate the combustion.".

Essentially, once the first bodies started to burn they would continue adding more to keep the fires hot. They learned to combine fat/skinny people and children to achieve maximum efficiency. (Sorry I want to say large people, but fat is fuel basically).

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

What else can I help you with?