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On the subject of corpse disposal, using a crematory most makes sense if one intends to keep the remains of each corpse separate. Crematory ovens are specially designed to allow recovery of ashes from one corpse at a time, free of any other ash, either from that of the coal used as fuel or from that of other corpses. If one intends merely to destroy evidence of murder, incineration as is commonly practiced for garbage disposal would be many times quicker and more efficient in every respect, especially in terms of the amounts of fuel consumed. One could still gather enough ashes to fill urns and deceive family members but, oddly enough, it has never been claimed in any of the Holocaust literature that garbage incinerators such as those at Birkenau were ever used for anything but garbage. The startling fact is that by practicing cremation the Third Reich went to considerable lengths and expense to treat the dead with a modicum of respect -- even when many of the dead were Jews. Claims that ash from the crematories was used as fertilizer is a bad joke indeed: the ash is worthless compared to the value of the coal needed to produce it.

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