The history of Auschwitz concentration camp in documentary photographs: pictures of the construction and demolition of non-extant or partially extant buildings, photographs of the extermination of the Jews in Birkenau (taken by the SS and illegally by Sonderkommando prisoners), Allied aerial reconnaissance photographs made during bombing raids, photographs of the camp immediately after liberation, photographs of the current state of the camp. The strength and informational value of the album lies in its documentary force.