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.

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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
WW2-Era Location Name Oświęcim, Poland
Date 25 Aug 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 2,890 x 2,380 pixels



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