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51. Heinrich Himmler inspects the Flossenbuerg concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 66700
Date:
1940
…Heinrich Himmler inspects the Flossenbuerg concentration camp.…
52. The commandant's office building in Bergen-Belsen.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 77438
Date:
1945 April 28
… states, who might be exchanged for German citizens interned abroad. Conditions in the camp were good by concentration camp standards, and most prisoners…
53. A group of SS officers gather together for a celebration [probably in Dachau].
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 61918
Date:
1945
…Martin Gottfried Weiss served as Commandant of Neuengamme, Dachau and Majdanek concentration camps. An SS Obersturmbannfuehrer he eventually was…
54. SS officer Johann Baptist Eichelsdoerfer, the commandant of the Kaufering IV concentration camp, stands among the corpses of prisoners killed in his camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 77021
Date:
1945 April 27 - 1945 April 30
…SS officer Johann Baptist Eichelsdoerfer, the commandant of the Kaufering IV concentration camp, stands among the corpses of prisoners killed in his…
55. Telegram sent by Rudolph Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz, notifying the criminal police (KRIPO) about an escape of four prisoners from the camp. The telegram was received at the Gestapo headquarters in Lodz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 78725
Date:
1942 December 30
…Telegram sent by Rudolph Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz, notifying the criminal police (KRIPO) about an escape of four prisoners from the camp. The…
56. Affadavit signed by Rudolf Hoess, former commandant of Auschwitz, attesting to the gassing of Jews at the killing center during his tenure.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 33585
Date:
1946 May 14
… German text reads: "I declare herewith under oath that in the years 1941 to 1943 during my tenure in office as commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 2…
57. Affadavit signed by Rudolf Hoess, former commandant of Auschwitz, attesting to the gassing of Jews at the killing center during his tenure.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 33585A
Date:
1946 May 14
… German text reads: "I declare herewith under oath that in the years 1941 to 1943 during my tenure in office as commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp 2…
58. Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler tours the Monowitz-Buna building site in the company of SS officers and IG Farben engineers.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 50777
Date:
1942 July 17 - 1942 July 18
… ever more effective means to put down political opposition, he set up the first concentration camp at Dachau in 1933. Himmler was inspired by a…
59. Air Force General Erich Quade visits Auschwitz to deliver a lecture entitled "Germany's Aerial Warfare Leadership".
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34596
Date:
1944
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
60. Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler and his entourage inspect the Wiener Graben quarry during an official tour of the Mauthausen concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 83476
Date:
1941 April 27
…Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler and his entourage inspect the Wiener Graben quarry during an official tour of the Mauthausen concentration camp.…
61. SS officers gather for drinks following the dedication of the new SS hospital in Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34818
Date:
Circa 1944 September 01 - 1944 September 02
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
62. SS officers meet during the dedication ceremonies of the new SS hospital.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34813
Date:
1944
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
63. Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler is saluted upon his arrival in Dachau for an official visit.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 55743
Date:
1941 January 20
… SS Hauptsturmfuehrer Alex Piorkowski or Camp Commandant Max Koegel. Among those pictured is Rudolf Hoess (second from the left) [has also been…
64. Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler tours the Monowitz-Buna building site in the company of Max Faust (wearing the fedora) and Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess (second from the right in the first row).
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 70304
Date:
1942 July 17 - 1942 July 18
… ever more effective means to put down political opposition, he set up the first concentration camp at Dachau in 1933. Himmler was inspired by a…
65. Commandant Hermann Pister plays with a dog together with two other SS officers in the yard of his home in Hinzert.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 23657
Date:
1937 - 1941
…CONCENTRATION CAMPS…
66. Three SS officers socialize on the grounds of the SS retreat of Solahuette outside of Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34753
Date:
Circa 1944 July 22 - 1944 July 29
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
67. Air Force General Quade visits Auschwitz to deliver a lecture entitled "Germany's Aerial Warfare Leadership".
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34595
Date:
1944 June 01
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
68. Commandant Franz Ziereis points out something to Heinrich Himmler and other SS officials while viewing the quarry during an inspection tour of the Mauthausen concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 12059
Date:
1941 April 27
…Franz Ziereis (1905-1945) was commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Ziereis was born August 13, 1905 in Munich. After attending…
69. SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Georg Bachmaier, deputy to Commandant Franz Ziereis in Mauthausen, inspects a group of prisoners at forced labor constructing the "Russian camp."
Photograph | Photograph Number: 50612.1
Date:
April 1942 - May 1942
…CONCENTRATION CAMPS…
70. SS officers socialize at their retreat at Solahuette outside of Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34752
Date:
Circa 1944 July 22 - 1944 July 29
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
71. SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Albert Konrad Gemmeker (far right) entertains guests visiting Westerbork for Christmas celebrations.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 01336
Date:
Circa 1942 December 19
…Albert Konrad Gemmeker (b. 1907), commandant of the Westerbork internment and transit camp in The Netherlands. Gemmeker was born in Duesseldorf…
72. Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler converses with Max Faust (wearing the fedora) on the upper floor of a partially constructed building, during a tour of the Monowitz-Buna building site.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 70309
Date:
1942 July 17 - 1942 July 18
… ever more effective means to put down political opposition, he set up the first concentration camp at Dachau in 1933. Himmler was inspired by a…
73. Members of the orchestra at the Janowska concentration camp perform while standing in a circle around the conductor, Yacub Mund, in the Appelplatz [roll call area].
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 78708
Date:
Before 1943
…Members of the orchestra at the Janowska concentration camp perform while standing in a circle around the conductor, Yacub Mund, in the Appelplatz…
74. Commandant Hermann Pister oversees a column of prisoners.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 23658
Date:
1937 - 1941
…CONCENTRATION CAMPS…
75. Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler tours the Monowitz-Buna building site in the company of SS officers and IG Farben engineers.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 50760
Date:
1942 July 17 - 1942 July 18
… ever more effective means to put down political opposition, he set up the first concentration camp at Dachau in 1933. Himmler was inspired by a…
76. Martin Gottfried Weiss, commandant of the Dachau concentration camp, appears before the court at the Dachau trial.
Photograph | Photograph Number: 76309
Date:
1945 November 15 - 1945 December 13
…Martin Gottfried Weiss, commandant of the Dachau concentration camp, appears before the court at the Dachau trial.…
77. A dog (Ralf?) that belonged to Plaszow commandant Amon Goeth.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 05283
Date:
1943 - 1944
…CONCENTRATION CAMPS…
78. A defendant at the trial of 61 former camp personnel and prisoners from Mauthausen, stands in his place in the defendants' dock.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 11700
Date:
1946 March 29 - 1946 May 13
…Julius Ludolf (1893-1947), SS lieutenant who served as the commandant of a series of sub-camps of Mauthausen, including Loibl-Pass, Gross-Raming, and…
79. Former camp commandant Martin Gottfried Weiss testifies at the trial of former camp personnel and prisoners from Dachau.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 11827
Date:
1945 November 15 - 1945 December 13
…Former camp commandant Martin Gottfried Weiss testifies at the trial of former camp personnel and prisoners from Dachau.…
80. The commandant of Gross-Rosen, Arthur Roedl.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 55808
Date:
January 1942
…CONCENTRATION CAMPS…
81. SS officers socialize on the grounds of the SS retreat Solahuette outside of Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34755
Date:
1944 July 22 - 1944 July 29
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
82. Defendant Karl Zander stands in the dock at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp war crimes trial in Berlin.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 33621
Date:
1947 October 23 - 1947 November 01
…Defendant Karl Zander stands in the dock at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp war crimes trial in Berlin.…
83. An accordionist leads a sing-along for SS officers at their retreat at Solahuette outside Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34739
Date:
1944 July 14 - 1944 July 17
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
84. SS officers socialize at the SS retreat of Solahuette outside of Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34754
Date:
Circa 1944 July 22 - 1944 July 29
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
85. SS officers socialize on the grounds of the SS retreat Solahuette outside of Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34757
Date:
Circa 1944 July 22 - 1944 July 29
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
86. Franz Ziereis poses in front of the commandant's headquarters on the wall overlooking the garage courtyard (Garagenhofmauer) in Mauthausen.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 76514
Date:
1939 - 1945
…Franz Ziereis (1905-1945) was commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Ziereis was born August 13, 1905 in Munich. After attending…
87. Officials at the Monowitz-Buna building site greet Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler and his inspection team.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 07295
Date:
1942 July 17 - 1942 July 18
… ever more effective means to put down political opposition, he set up the first concentration camp at Dachau in 1933. Himmler was inspired by a…
88. Commandant Amon Goeth relaxes in a lawn chair at his villa in the Plaszow concentration camp with his dog Ralf.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 05284
Date:
1943 - 1944
…Commandant Amon Goeth relaxes in a lawn chair at his villa in the Plaszow concentration camp with his dog Ralf.…
89. A Nazi soldier salutes an officer, while several other officers stand in the background during the dedication of a new SS hospital in Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34601
Date:
1944
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
90. Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler tours the Monowitz-Buna building site in the company of SS officers and IG Farben engineers.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 50774
Date:
1942 July 17 - 1942 July 18
… ever more effective means to put down political opposition, he set up the first concentration camp at Dachau in 1933. Himmler was inspired by a…
91. Girls are assembled for roll call at the Jugend- schutzlager Litzmannstadt, a concentration camp for Polish juveniles.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 17362
Date:
December 1942
…Girls are assembled for roll call at the Jugend- schutzlager Litzmannstadt, a concentration camp for Polish juveniles.…
92. A group of SS officers gathers at Solahuette, the SS retreat outside of Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34759
Date:
Circa 1944 July 22 - 1944 July 29
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
93. Nazi officers watch Commandant Richard Baer shakes hands with Karl Bischoff during the dedication of the new SS hospital in Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34804
Date:
1944 September 01
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
94. To the cheers of the survivors behind them, British soldiers arrest Josef Kramer, the former commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 74939
Date:
1945 April 15 - 1945 April 17
… Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.…
95. SS officers gather for drinks in a hunting lodge.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34778
Date:
1944
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
96. Dr. Lolling shakes the hand of Dr. Eduard Wirths during the dedication of the new SS hospital in Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34745
Date:
1944 September 01
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…
97. Commandant Hermann Pister, accompanied by two other SS officers, examines a bunker in the Hinzert concentration camp (a sub-camp of Buchenwald).
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 23665
Date:
1937 - 1941
…Commandant Hermann Pister, accompanied by two other SS officers, examines a bunker in the Hinzert concentration camp (a sub-camp of Buchenwald).…
98. Defendant Anton Kaindl (right) stands in the dock at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp war crimes trial in Berlin.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 33630
Date:
1947 October 23 - 1947 November 01
…Defendant Anton Kaindl (right) stands in the dock at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp war crimes trial in Berlin.…
99. Former Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Hoess and Kurt von Burgsdorff are transported in shackles by American soldiers.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 80249
Date:
1946 June 05 - 1946 June 05
…CONCENTRATION CAMPS…
100. Nazi officers watch the presentation of a document during the dedication of the new SS hospital in Auschwitz.
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Photograph | Photograph Number: 34658
Date:
1944 September 01
… concentration camp. In 1943, he became the adjutant to the commandant at Majdanek-Lublin during the Operation Reinhardt mass deportations and murders. When…