German Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance photograph taken after the Soviet capture of Auschwitz II (Birkenau), February 13, 1945.

Destroyed crematoria are visible at the far left. Destroyed barracks are indicated at the lower left, along with Soviet troops. Bomb craters are noted at the far right.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives

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