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Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, A collection of photographs documenting the construction of the camp complex, 1941-42.

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The photographs were taken by SS Unterscharfuehrer Dietrich Kamann, who worked as a photographer in the camp's Bauleitungs (construction management). Ludwik Lawin, an inmate who worked in the photo lab in the camp prepared and hid copies of the photographs.
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Auschwitz, Poland, 1941, Prisoners digging a tunnel near Camp I.
The reception building of Camp I can be seen in the background. See also FA-157/71.
Archival Signature : 5720/52
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Two senior SS officers visiting a construction site.
Seen in the backround are two female prisoners preparing the ground, apparently in the north-western corner of Birkenau.
Archival Signature : 5720/29
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Two senior SS officers at a construction site.
Female prisoners working, apparently in the north-western corner of the camp, can be seen in the background.
Archival Signature : 5720/24
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Poland , Auschwitz-Birkenau, Construction of the roof of the disrobing chamber at Gas Chamber III.
See also FA-157/384.
Archival Signature : 5720/14
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, Construction of the Gas Chamber II roof.
See also FA-157/388.
Archival Signature : 5720/13
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Construction of Crematorium II.
See also FA-157/387.
Archival Signature : 5720/8
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, 1942, Completion of Crematorium IV.
See also FA-157/391.
Archival Signature : 5720/4
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, 1942, Construction of Crematorium IV.
See also FA-157/389.
Archival Signature : 5720/3
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, The ovens in Crematorium III.
See also FA-157/386.
Archival Signature : 5720/2
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Construction work at an unidentified site.
Archival Signature : 5720/50
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, Prisoners digging a tunnel next to the men's camp.
See also FA-157/333.
Archival Signature : 5720/49
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Barracks in the men's camp before construction of the surrounding barbed wire.
Archival Signature : 5720/48
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, The southern entrance to the men's camp, under construction.
Archival Signature : 5720/47
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, A photograph taken in the camp.
Archival Signature : 5720/46
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, A view of the camp.
Archival Signature : 5720/45
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, Prisoners building Crematorium III.
Archival Signature : 5720/44
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Prisoners pulling a cart at the construction site of the Krupp factory.
Archival Signature : 5720/43
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Prisoners constructing the Krupp factory.
Archival Signature : 5720/42
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Prisoners on their way to the construction site of the Krupp factory near Camp I.
Archival Signature : 5720/41
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Unloading the trains at the central train station.
Archival Signature : 5720/40
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, 1941, Digging of the drainage ditch south of Gas Chamber II.
Archival Signature : 5720/38
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, The men's camp barracks before construction of the fences.
Archival Signature : 5720/37
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, View of the men's camp from the west.
Archival Signature : 5720/36
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, 1941, A drainage ditch north of Gas Chamber III.
See also FA-157/260.
Archival Signature : 5720/35
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, View of the women's camp.
The photo was taken from the site that was later the ramp.
Archival Signature : 5720/34
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Construction of new prison buildings near Camp I.
Archival Signature : 5720/33
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Prisoners working in the SS camp at Birkenau.
Archival Signature : 5720/32
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz, Poland, Female prisoners digging a tunnel in the SS camp at Birkenau.
Archival Signature : 5720/31
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland, preparing the ground at the site of the SS guard barracks.
The guards' camp was built outside of the fence of the main camp, to the east.
Archival Signature : 5720/30
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
Poland , Auschwitz, Construction work outside the main camps.
Archival Signature : 5720/27
Credit : Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Related Collection : Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, a Collection of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Camp Complex, 1941-42.
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Archival Signature
5720
Name of Submitter
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Source
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Credit
Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Place
Auschwitz,Biala Malopolska,Krakow,Poland
Photographer
Unterscharfuehrer SS Dietrich Kamann
Date of Accession
15/06/1997
Type of material
Photograph
Subjects
Himmler, Heinrich
Buildings
Camps
Forced Labor
SS - Schutzstaffel
Zentral Bauleitung Der Waffen SS Und Polizei Ausch