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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