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PHOTOGRAPH of electrified fence and main gate of Auschwitz

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AUSCHWITZ
PHOTOGRAPH of electrified fence and main gate of Auschwitz

PHOTOGRAPH of electrified fence and main gate of Auschwitz

View of the kitchen barracks, the electrified fence, and the gate at the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I). In the foreground is the sign “Arbeit Macht Frei.” This photograph was taken after the liberation of the camp by Soviet forces. Auschwitz, Poland, 1945.

PHOTOGRAPH of electrified fence and main gate of Auschwitz

Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia,”Photograph” (of electrified fence and main entrance to Auschwitz) www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?ModuleId=0&MediaId=5177

Accessed: February 28, 2017, by Sandra Krawitz