Birkenau aerial photo — summer 1944 | |
| Description: | The picture was taken by the Allies. This is Auschwitz II-Birkenau in summer of 1944. On the left the smoke is clearly visible. It comes from burning pits next to crematory V, where Germans burned bodies of murdered Jews. (Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Archives) |
Found at http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/m/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&func=detail&id=410&Itemid=3
Taken by mistake when photographing I G Faben chemical plant in a allied aeroplane.
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