The aerial b&w photo of the Auschwitz camp area. Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps are visible. Buildings, fences, roads and rail lines are visible in the snow covered terrain.

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   21 December 1944 | The aerial photograph of the Auschwitz I & Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps taken on that day, little over a month before the liberation of the camp.

   At Auschwitz II-Birkenau:

   - fences & watchtowers of BIII sector were removed
   - in gas chamber & crematorium II: dirt from the roofs of underground spaces removed; chimney & crematorium roof demolished
   - fences of crematorium II & III were removed

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