SS-Brigadefuhrer Richard Gluecks, the Inspector of Concentration Camps, stands carrying a briefcase with other SS men on an official visit to Gross-Rosen.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 36229

Overview

Caption: SS-Brigadefuhrer Richard Gluecks, the Inspector of Concentration Camps, stands carrying a briefcase with other SS men on an official visit to Gross-Rosen.

This was probably taken shortly before Gross-Rosen became an independent concentration camp. Prior to May 1, 1944 it was a sub-camp of Sachsenhausen.
Date: 1941
Locale: Gross Rosen, [Lower Silesia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Martin Mansson

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Martin Mansson

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS GLUECKS, RICHARD GROSS-ROSEN GROUP PORTRAITS OFFICIAL VISITS SACHSENHAUSEN SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN) SUB-CAMPS WATCH TOWERS
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Gross-Rosen -- WARTIME -- Perpetrators/Official Visits