Controversy: are or were there ever holes in the roof of the Leichenkeller (Morgue) No. 1 at Krema (crematiorium) II at Auschwitz — the holes through which SS officers allegedly poured in the Zyklon B crystals?

• Statement by Professor Robert Van Pelt that the holes can not be seen in the slab today
• Brian Renk’s critique of van Pelt’s arguments on the holes
• Robert Van Pelt, expert report, page 518; see too trial transcript, Day 9, January 25, page 187.]
• Full text of The Van Pelt Report by Robert Jan Van Pelt
• See David Irving closing speech, page 31.
• Report in The Times, Apr 12, 2000: final paragraph states that Auschwitz authorities had searched for the holes again, but would not release results of their search
• Harry Mazal, OBE, tells H Net, Oct 2000, that he is off to Auschwitz to search for those holes again | Harold Schaffer writes to him but receives only an evasive reply | Mazal posts an air photo of the “holes” at Auschwitz | “Samuel Crowell’s” comment on it (Nov 9, 2000)
• Report on a visit to the Sydney Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Australia | Krema Berne: Erst geschminkt — dann bei rund 1000 Grad verbrannt
• Berthold Soehn asks about photos he has seen of holes in the concrete fabric of the Auschwitz site: Holes plugged in a concrete roof, but where? | Letter from “Sam Crowell” | Letter from Alan Heath
• A S Marques of Portugal has done his homework on the legend of the “holes” in the roof of the Auschwitz gas-chamber
• Paul Grubach asks about rumours that Chuck Provan says “the holes” are there if you know where to look for them
• Brian Renk: Some Preliminary Observations on the Charles D. Provan booklet ‘No Holes? No Holocaust? A Study of the Holes in the Roof of Leichenkeller I of Krematorium 2 at Birkenau’
• A S Marques comments on Charles Provan and his discovery of “holes”
• Verdict of expert Sam Crowell
• George Brewer’s latest article, “Some Holes. Some Holocaust. The Provan and Mazal Theses” on the CODH website
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Charles Provan argues that the Zyklon-introduction holes did exist in the roof of Crematorium II at Auschwitz
• British Govt aerial photos of Auschwitz released: no sign of the “dots” on the roof of Krema II on these photos (which were never in the spotty hands of the CIA.