Unidentified photographer
1944, 25 August
Gas Chamber and Crematorium

Photograph
Central Intelligence Agency
Dino A. Brugioni and Robert G. Poirier, 1979, "The Holocaust Revisited: A Retrospective Analysis of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Complex", (Central Intelligence Agency):

Numerous sources speak of the well-kept lands and landscaping around the crematoria; some described the buildings as "lodge-like," "industrial looking," or having a "bakery-like" appearance. These descriptions are borne out by the imagery of 25 August 1944 in which a park-like rectangle is visible. In the imagery of 13 September 1944 landscaping is visible around all four extermination facilities. Although survivors recalled that smoke and flame emanated continually from the crematoria chimneys and was visible for miles, the photography we examined gave no positive proof of this.

 
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