David Cole in Auschwitz

[DeGéczy]

https://youtu.be/jO659PP_unQ?si=utcxihdxCbYlJukC

[DeGéczy]

On Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 2:04:55 PM UTC-7, DeGéczy wrote:
> https://youtu.be/jO659PP_unQ?si=utcxihdxCbYlJukC

How long did it take to cremate a body at Auschwitz?
No less than 1 hour for an adult. This is the number todays fully computerised and well equipped crematories able to do.

From technical point of view those crema furnaces looks pretty flimsy to me. And I can’t do anything but stand in amazement for stories like they put up 5 bodies in each. The whole thing is 21,76 inches tall and 32 inches wide. It means it was even smaller than we use today for a single body.

Let alone the fact that it would not work in reducing time of cremation since cremation time is depending on the weight if the body. Hence 80kg body is about 1 hours a 160kg one would be 2 hours.

But at least you could damage and ruin your furnaces, On the second phasis of cremation the bodys water content evaporates, Two body would double the water content which would hold up the heat around 400 celsius. Which means water could remain in the furnace walls and the chimney wetting it. When the evaporating phase ends then double amount of heat being generat

[DeGéczy]

Crematoriums run at ~1600 degrees F. It takes roughly 2.5 hours to burn off organic matter (still leaving behind bones and teeth that then must be crushed in a separate process).

Heat Energy (calories) = m * c * ΔT m = mass of human ( average: 80.7 kg )

c = specific heat of human body ( 3470 J. kg-1 . K-1 )

ΔT = Change in temperature. ( cremation temp - room temp )

Room Temperature = 26 °C

1600 °F = 871°C

So: H.E. = 80.7kg * 3470 J/kg*k * (871-26)

H.E. = 236624.5 kcal

The energy in a kg of coke(coal) is 8000 kcal/kg. So one body would (under IDEAL conditions) take 236625kcal/8000kcal/kg = 29.57 or about 30kg (66 pounds!) of fuel to burn.

To cremate say 3-6 million jews, therefore, it would take around 100,000-200,000 metric tons (220,462,280-440,924,560 pounds!) of coal.

That is an awful lot of coal (i.e. impossible) for a country that couldn’t heat its homes, operate its tank, fly its aircraft etc. because of beyond-critical fuel shortages.

Also, when coal is burnt, it generates around 5-10% of its weight in ash. So, I'll be generous and say 5%. So 9 million kg of ash from the fuel. The average adult leaves ~2.5kg of bone fragments, teeth and ash from cremation. So we have 9 million + 2.5x6million = 24 million kg of ash!