Images of the World and the Inscription of War

In 1944, the US Air Force took photographs over Nazi-occupied Poland. These aerial images, shot from an altitude of 7,000 meters, form the starting point of the essay film Images of the World and the Inscription of War. The Auschwitz concentration camp was clearly visible in the photographs, but it was not recognized as such at the time. What the images actually revealed only came to light 35 years later.