aerial photograph
Auschwitz III (Buna plant)

Taken on January 14, 1945, this photo of Auschwitz III (Monowitz) was taken by Allied reconnaissance units under the command of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force.

(For a close-up of this image, go to "Auschwitz III" in the Master Plans interactive.)

The background of the picture is white because the buildings and landscape are blanketed in snow.

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