A new memorial is opening in Germany that examines the role played by educated professionals such as the engineers and architects who created the crematoria ovens for Auschwitz to help carry out the Holocaust.A man walks behind ash containers and clothing worn by Nazi concentration camp victims at the exhibition Photo: AP7:00AM GMT 27 Jan 2011
The exhibit is housed in the former administrative building of the Topf & Sons company that collaborated with Hitler\'s SS to design and construct special ovens to meet the demands of the death camps. It opens to the public on Thursday, the day of international Holocaust remembrance.
Using original blueprints, letters from the Nazi SS, and other documents, the exhibit shows how a \"normal\" German company, based in the central city of Erfurt, knew and took pride in its role of designing a crucial part of the killing machinery.
The story is so unique but so universal,\" said curator Rikola-Gunnar Luettgenau. \"Nowhere else is it possible to see the overreaching bridge between daily life under the Nazis and the monstrosity of Auschwitz.\"
Visitors entering the grey, four-story building that in the 1930s and 40s housed the company\'s administrative offices are greeted with the Topf & Sons motto from the World War II era: \"Always glad to serve you ...\"
Founded in 1878 to build heating systems, by 1914 the company had become the leader in building incineration devices. Topf & Sons first began supplying Hitler\'s SS with corpse incineration ovens in 1939 for use in the Buchenwald, Flossenbuerg and Dachau concentration camps.
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
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