Aerial photograph of Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Title

Aerial photograph of Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Subject

Concentration camps
Photographs

Description

The photo was taken by the Allies and shows the Sachsenhausen camp complex in early 1945. On the bottom, the SS-headquarters can be seen, on the top the prisoners' camp in its triangular shape. There are five numbers on the photo: roll-call area (1), Barrack B (2), Barrack 19 of the "small camp" (3), the Brickworks (4), Cell Block (5).

Creator

Allied forces

Source

Landesvermessung Brandenburg

Date

1945

Coverage

Oranienburg, Germany

Collection

Citation

Allied forces, “Aerial photograph of Sachsenhausen concentration camp,” EHRI Documents, accessed March 29, 2024, https://visualisations.ehri-project.eu/items/show/117.

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