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Saturday, August 26, 2017

Mapping Auschwitz


The Auschwitz concentration army camp was a network of High German Nazi extermination in addition to concentration camps built inward annexed Poland during World War II. The army camp consisted of Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II – Birkenau in addition to Auschwitz III. This Auschwitz-Birkenau - High German Death Camp map overlays 1944 & 1945 aerial photographs of the 3 camps on a Google Map.

The 3 historical aerial photos are each labelled amongst details most the camps showing the locations of gas chambers, crematoriums, bomb craters, execution walls etc. The map includes a transparency command which allows y'all to compare the historic photos of the camps amongst the introduce twenty-four hours Google Maps satellite imagery.

Also see: Mapping the Holocaust - a round-up of maps documenting the Holocaust in addition to commemorating the millions who lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis.