The Plaster Casts

The Plaster Casts

Mounted to the walls of the Evidence Room are plaster casts of documents, drawings, photographs, and artifacts from the construction and operation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. You see them here as they appear in the exhibit.

Plaster Cast 1:1

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF BIRKENAU, MAY 31, 1944

Plaster Cast 1:2

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF CREMATORIA 2 AND 3, AUGUST 25, 1942

Plaster Cast 1:3

DETAIL SHOWING GAS COLUMNS
(AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF CREMATORIA 2 AND 3, AUGUST 25, 1942)

Plaster Cast 1:4

PHOTOGRAPH OF CREMATORIUM 2, DECEMBER 1942

Plaster Cast 1:5

DETAIL SHOWING LOCATION OF GAS COLUMNS
(PHOTOGRAPH OF CREMATORIUM 2, DECEMBER 1942)

Plaster Cast 1:6

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH, AUSCHWITZ REGION, JUNE 26, 1944

Plaster Cast 1:7

FIRST PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 2, OCTOBER 1941
(BACK ELEVATION AND MAIN FLOOR)

Plaster Cast 1:8

FIRST PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 2, FALL 1941

Plaster Cast 1:9

VRBA AND WETZLER REPORT, 1944. SKETCH SITUATING STAMMLAGER RAILWAY CORRIDOR, AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU AND THE BIRCH FOREST WEST OF BIRKENAU

Plaster Cast 1:10

VRBA AND WETZLER REPORT, 1944. PLAN OF AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU WITH THE FOUR CREMATORIA DRAWN AS IDENTICAL STRUCTURES.

Plaster Cast 1:11

VRBA AND WETZLER REPORT, 1944. PLAN OF CREMATORIUM.

Plaster Cast 1:12

HENRYK TAUBER, 1945. FORMER SONDERKOMMANDO

Plaster Cast 1:13

SHLOMO DRAGON, 1980. FORMER SONDERKOMMANDO

Plaster Cast 1:14

PHOTOGRAPH OF REMAINS OF HOLT #4 IN CREMATORIUM 2

Plaster Cast 1:15

FORENSIC EXAMINATION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH IDENTIFYING PLACEMENT OF GAS COLUMNS

Plaster Cast 2:1

ARRIVAL OF A TRANSPORT OF HUNGARIAN JEWS, SPRING 1944

Plaster Cast 2:2

SELECTION OF A TRANSPORT OF AMERICAN JEWS, SPRING 1944

Plaster Cast 2:3

GAS MASK

Plaster Cast 2:4

THE SS MOLL SLAUGHTERS YOUNG WOMEN AND THROWS THEM INTO A CREMATORIUM PIT OF CREMATORIUM V

Plaster Cast 2:5

CREMATORIUM 3 IN ACTION (SEEN FROM THE SOUTHWEST)

Plaster Cast 2:6

IN THE UNDRESSING ROOM OF CREMATORIUM 3

Plaster Cast 2:7

OPENING OF THE DOOR OF THE GAS CHAMBER, 1945

Plaster Cast 2:8

SECOND PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 2, JANUARY 1942 (BASEMENT)

Plaster Cast 2:9

DETAIL OF BASEMENT (FINAL MODIFICATION OF CREMATORIUM 2, DECEMBER 1942)

Plaster Cast 2:10

AUSCHWITZ II (BIRKENAU), PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 3

Plaster Cast 2:11

LEGEND, AUSCHWITZ II (BIRKENAU), PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 3

Plaster Cast 2:12

DETAIL OF DOOR SWING OPENING INTO GAS CHAMBER
(FIRST PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 2, OCTOBER 1941)

Plaster Cast 2:13

DETAIL WITH DOOR TO GAS CHAMBER ERASED
(SECOND PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 2, JANUARY 1942)

Plaster Cast 2:14

DETAIL WITH MODIFIED DOOR SWING OPENING OUT FROM GAS CHAMBER
(FINAL MODIFICATION OF CREMATORIUM 2, DECEMBER 1942)

Plaster Cast 2:15

COLLECTING GOLD TEETH AND HAIR IN THE GAS CHAMBER. IN THE BACKGROUND, BOTTOM OF THE GAS COLUMN USED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ZYKLON B INTO THE GAS CHAMBER

Plaster Cast 2:16

CROSS-SECTION OF CREMATORIUM 3

Plaster Cast 3:1

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ARCHITECTS, 1943

Plaster Cast 3:2

ZYKLON B, CYANIDE GAS MEDIUM, IN CAN

Plaster Cast 3:3

PHOTOGRAPH OF CREMATORIUM 4, SPRING 1943

Plaster Cast 3:4

INSIDE OF GAS-TIGHT DOOR FOUND IN 1945

Plaster Cast 3:5

ZYKLON B CANS, DISCOVERED IN MAJDANEK

Plaster Cast 3:6

GAS-TIGHT SHUTTERS, STORED IN CREMATORIUM 1
(PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1999)

Plaster Cast 3:7

PLAN OF AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU, 1943

Plaster Cast 3:8

PLAN SECTION AND ELEVATION OF CREMATORIUM 4, 1943

Plaster Cast 3:9

GAS-TIGHT DOOR WITH PEEPHOLE PROTECTED WITH HEMISPHERICAL GRID

Plaster Cast 3:10

CREMATORIUM 4 DETAIL
(GAS-TIGHT DOOR AND GAS-TIGHT TRAP DIMENSIONS) 1943

Plaster Cast 3:11

PHOTOGRAPHS OF ARCHITECTS IN OFFICE 1943

Plaster Cast 3:12

MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN AUSCHWITZ CONSTRUCTION OFFICE, AUGUST 19, 1942

Plaster Cast 3:13

LETTER FROM KARL BISCHOFF TO THE GERMAN ARMAMENT WORKS, MARCH 31, 1943. ORDER OF THREE GAS-TIGHT DOORS “GASDICHTE TURE”

Plaster Cast 3:14

ORDER OF 13 FEBRUARY 1942 FROM CREMATORIUM 4 AND 5 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 12 GAS-TIGHT SHUTTERS (30/40 CM) WITH BOLT AND CATCH

Plaster Cast 3:15

CREMATORIUM 4 DETAIL (GAS-TIGHT SHUTTER DIMENSIONS (100/205)) 1943

Plaster Cast 3:16

CREMATORIUM 4 DETAIL (GAS TIGHT SHUTTER DIMENSIONS (30/40)) 1943

Plaster Cast 4:1

ENTRANCE OF UNDRESSING ROOM OF CREMATORIUM 2,
INSPECTED BY DR JAHN SEHN, 1945

Plaster Cast 4:2

FAN MOTOR FOR VENTING GAS CHAMBER

Plaster Cast 4:3

OVENS OF CREMATORIUM 2 JUST BEFORE COMPLETION, JANUARY 1943

Plaster Cast 4:4

ZYKLON B CANS FOUND IN MAJDANEK, 1944

Plaster Cast 4:5

REMAINS OF VENTILATION DUCT (PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1999)

Plaster Cast 4:6

RECONSTRUCTION OF CREMATORIUM 2, DRAWN IN 1945

Plaster Cast 4:7

PLAN OF CREMATORIUM 2, JANUARY 1942

Plaster Cast 4:8

SECTION OF CREMATORIUM 2, JANUARY 1942

Plaster Cast 4:9

DETAIL SECTION OF CREMATORIUM 2 WITH VENTILATION DUCTS, JANUARY 1942

Plaster Cast 4:10

SKETCH BY YEHUDA BACON. VIEW OF CREMATORIUM 3, 1945
(STAIRCASE TO BASEMENT)

Plaster Cast 4:11

SKETCH BY YEHUDA BACON. VIEW OF THE GAS CHAMBER OF CREMATORIUM 3, 1945

Plaster Cast 4:12

SKETCH BY YEHUDA BACON. VIEW OF CREMATORIUM 4, 1945.
(ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF LOWER ANNEX AT THE BACK THAT WAS HOUSING THE GAS CHAMBERS)

Plaster Cast 4:13

LETTER FROM KARL BISCHOFF TO HANS KAMMLER, JUNE 28, 1943
(CREMATORIUM 3 CAPACITY)

Plaster Cast 4:14

LETTER FROM KARL BISCHOFF TO TOPF AND SONS, FEBRUARY 11, 1943 REQUESTING A NR 450 FAN BLOWER WITH 3.5 HP MOTOR

Plaster Cast 4:15

LETTER FROM KARL BISCHOFF TO TOPF AND SONS, MARCH 6, 1943, REGARDING PRE-HEATING OF THE KELLER MORGUE OF CREMATORIUM 2

Plaster Cast 4:16

MEMORANDUM OF A MEETING, AUSCHWITZ CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION OFFICE, JANUARY 29, 1943, REGARDING THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TO CONDUCT GASSING WHILE INCINERATING

Plaster Cast 4:17

PAGE FROM AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RUDOLF HOSS, AUSCHWITZ KOMMANDANT

Plaster Cast 4:18

RUDOLF HOSS, AUSCHWITZ KOMMANDANT PHOTO TAKEN IN POLISH CAPTIVITY 1946