Gas chamber in the main camp of Auschwitz immediately after liberation. [LCID: 27041]
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Gas chamber in the main camp of Auschwitz

Gas chamber in the main camp of Auschwitz. Photograph taken immediately after liberation. Poland, January 1945.

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Auschwitz gassing operations
  • Dokumentationsarchiv des Oesterreichischen Widerstandes

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