This groundbreaking photographic record presents archival, clandestine and contemporary images of the complex at Auschwitz - from building-work and daily life under the SS regime to the liberation and the camp as it stands today. With over 280 (often very confronting and shocking) photographs drawn from the archives of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and other sources, including aerial reconnaissance, SS documentation and prisoner snapshots, the book offers a powerful visual chronicle and prompts reflection on the meanings of memory and witness