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Our first night there we stayed
at the Auschwitz Hotel,
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which, apparently, was
the officer's quarters...
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for the German military
at Auschwitz.
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They had a cafeteria-style
dining area,
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and our first meal there...
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was, uh, starch soup.
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What they did is,
they boiled noodles
in water,
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removed the noodles
and served the soup.
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It was terrible.
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Unfortunately,
I received a double portion,
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because when I wasn't looking
my wife dumped hers
into my dish.
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Good morning.
My name is Fred Leuchter.
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I'm an engineer from Boston
in the United States,
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and I'm here this snowy morning
at Auschwitz in Poland.
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The date is February 28.
It's approximately 10:30 a.m.
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I'm here to examine...
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this alleged gas chamber.
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Some people feel
it was an air raid shelter.
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Other people feel that
it was simply a morgue.
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And then there are those
that feel the structure
functioned as a gas chamber...
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for sending people
on their way to their death.
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Carol was outside
at one of the entrances,
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essentially freezing.
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She was
one of our lookouts.
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We had her at one door.
The translator
was at the other door.