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ON page 210 of his book, Professor
Robert van Pelt publishes part of a letter,
supposedly written by Bischoff
to his superior, Hans Kammler, in Berlin
announcing the operationability of Krema II at
Auschwitz-Birkenau.What is surprising is that in such a relatively important letter and in the small segment shown, there are 3 spelling errors:
- Nachbetrieb instead of Nachtbetrieb
- funtionieren instead of funktionieren
- Die instead of Dies
The other surprising thing about this letter is that its date, 29 January 1943, is the same as that of the
Tomitschek/Swoboda note on the electricals for Krema
II.Bischoff states in his letter that the ovens were started up and performed well; on the other hand the
Tomitschek/Swoboda note states that the electricals needed another two weeks to be connected , one wonders how the ovens worked without the blowers for the forced draft.
I HAVE always maintained that
the Bischoff letter is a forgery, and it has recently
been emphasised that even Jean Claude Pressac, the
arch-enemy of the revisionists, came to this conclusion.
Mr Justice Gray was however persuaded that the
letter was genuine. He had no choice, if he was to uphold
his deeply perverse Judgment against me. in my libel
action against Lipstadt.