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USAAF intelligence aerial photograph of the Auschwitz I main camp at Oświęcim, Poland taken 4 Apr 1944. This is a scan of an enlarged print taken from the original negative and captioned by the CIA in 1978.

Caption   USAAF intelligence aerial photograph of the Auschwitz I main camp at Oświęcim, Poland taken 4 Apr 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 4 Apr 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 (2,905 by 2,386 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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WW2-Era Place Name Oświęcim, Poland
Lat/Long 50.0265, 19.2041
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