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Postwar photograph of an exit from the main Auschwitz camp, showing a warning sign, guard tower, and "Arbeit Macht Frei" over the gate.

Photograph | Not Digitized | Photograph Number: 06872

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Caption: Postwar photograph of an exit from the main Auschwitz camp, showing a warning sign, guard tower, and "Arbeit Macht Frei" over the gate.
Date: After 1945
Locale: Auschwitz, [Upper Silesia] Poland
Variant Locale: Brzezinka
Birkenau
Auschwitz III
Monowitz
Auschwitz II
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Aron Lutwak

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Aron Lutwak

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Keyword: ARBEIT MACHT FREI AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMPS ENTRANCES FENCES KILLING CENTERS SIGNS VIEWS
Photo Designation: KILLING CENTERS -- Auschwitz -- LIBERATION -- Views -- Entrances/Gates

Record last modified:: 2017-11-20 00:00:00
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