Aerial Bombardment of Birkenau

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.97

Object Name

Copy, Reprographic

Date

9-13-1944

Files

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Description

Black and white photo of camp with labeled areas, "Birkenau Extermination Camp" printed in top right corner in white text.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Photo of bombs- seen on left- dropped over Birkenau, known as Auschwitz II. Planes were on the way to bomb the I.G. Farben plant which was damaged in the run. Some bombs landed on Birkenau as well, but caused only light damage. Transport trains, which brought prisoners to Auschwitz, are standing by the platform. (Yad Vashem)

Dimensions

8 x 10"

Keywords

Birkenau, Auschwitz II, I.G. Farben

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Aerial Bombardment of Birkenau" (1944). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.97.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1915