Conversation so far:
What was the Wannsee conference with Richard Glücks about?
after the Wannsee Conference in January 1942, Heinrich Himmler ordered Richard Glücks to prepare the camps for the immediate arrival of 100,000 Jewish men and 50,000 women
Did Richard Glücks' camp actually receive the immediate arrival of 100,000 Jewish men and 50,000 women prisoners?
in December 1942, Richard Glücks discovered 70,000 out of 136,000 incoming prisoners had died almost as fast as they arrived
Did these incoming prisoners in December 1942 eventually get executed under Richard Glücks?
Richard Glücks participated in planning meetings with Heinrich Himmler on the topic of medical experiments on camp inmates. Glücks was well aware of the mass murders and atrocities committed there
What were Richard Glücks thoughts about the mass murders and other atrocities committed in the concentration camps?
Richard Glücks complained about the unfavorable location of the crematoria since all types of people would be able to gaze at the structures.
How curious were people about the structures?
if questions arose about smoke coming from the chimneys, the installation personnel were to tell the visitors that corpses were being burned as a result of epidemics.

Question: Did people believe this?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Richard Glücks' prisoners believe that smoke coming from the chimneys was from corpses being burned as a result of epidemics?