| 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 | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Force | ||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | Â | 25 Aug 1944 | ||||||
| Photos at Same Place |  | Oświęcim, Poland | ||||||
| Added By | Â | David Stubblebine | ||||||
| Added Date | Â | 1 Jan 2006 | ||||||
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| Licensing | Â | 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 | 50.0333, 19.1758 |
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