
Caption | USAAF intelligence aerial photograph of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp at Oświęcim, Poland taken 25 Aug 1944. This is a scan of an enlarged print taken from the original negative and captioned by the CIA in 1978. ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 25 Aug 1944 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Oświęcim, Poland | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
Added Date | 22 Feb 2014 | |||||||
This photograph has been scaled down; full resolution photograph is available here (2,890 by 2,380 pixels). | ||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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