SS officers sit in a classroom in the Hinzert concentration camp (a sub-camp of Buchenwald).

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 23667

Overview

Caption: SS officers sit in a classroom in the Hinzert concentration camp (a sub-camp of Buchenwald).

The classroom has been tentatively identified as the "Schulungsraum" (training room) and the instructor as Prof. Dr. Gustav Riek. The photograph may have been taken May 7, 1941, during the inspection visit of Adolf Kleffel and others.
Date: 1937 - 1941
Locale: Hinzert, [Prussian Rhineland] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert A. Schmuhl

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert A. Schmuhl

Source Record ID: Collections: 1995.A.1119

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS HINZERT INTERIORS SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN) SUB-CAMPS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Other Buchenwald Sub-Camps -- Hinzert