The Höcker Album is a photo album that originally belonged to SS officer Karl Höcker. It includes 116 pictures taken in and around Auschwitz between May 1944 and January 1945. The photos in this media essay depict a ceremony on September 1, 1944, commemorating the opening of the SS military hospital at Auschwitz.
SS officers and medical personnel on a tour of the newly built SS military hospital at the Auschwitz camp complex on September 1, 1944.
The five uniformed men in front (left to right) are Dr. Enno Lolling; Auschwitz commandant Richard Baer; Dr. Eduard Wirths; Rudolf Höss; and Karl Möckel. In the second row are Dr. Carl Clauberg (dressed in civilian clothing); Karl Höcker (between Lolling and Baer); and Karl Bischoff (between Wirths and Höss).
This photo is from an album that belonged to SS officer Karl Höcker. The Höcker Album includes 116 pictures taken in and around Auschwitz between May 1944 and January 1945. This photo was one of four images on a page with the caption “Tour” (“Besichtigung”).
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A ceremony dedicating a new SS military hospital in the Auschwitz camp complex on September 1, 1944. An SS man salutes, and troops stand with rifles at attention as the Nazi and SS flags are raised.
This photo is from an album that belonged to SS officer Karl Höcker. The Höcker Album includes 116 pictures taken in and around Auschwitz between May 1944 and January 1945. This image is one of four photos on a page with the caption “Inauguration of the SS Hospital in Auschwitz” (“Einweihung des SS-Lazarettes in Auschwitz”).
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Auschwitz commandant Richard Baer (left) ceremonially accepts documents from SS-Sturmbannführer Karl Bischoff. Bischoff was the Chief of the Central Construction Administration of the Waffen SS at Auschwitz (Zentralbauleitung der Waffen SS und Polizei, Auschwitz OS). This photograph was taken on September 1, 1944, during the dedication ceremony for a new SS military hospital at the Auschwitz camp complex.
This photo is from an album that belonged to SS officer Karl Höcker. The Höcker Album includes 116 pictures taken in and around Auschwitz between May 1944 and January 1945. This image was one of four photos on a page with the caption “Tour” (“Besichtigung”).
Item View![Richard Baer and Karl Höcker look over a document with SS-Standartenführer Dr. [LCID: 34807]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/698fefb7-7537-4e33-bf1e-af4505977970.jpeg "Richard Baer and Karl Höcker look over a document with SS-Standartenführer Dr. [LCID: 34807]")
Auschwitz commandant Richard Baer and his adjutant Karl Höcker look over a document with SS-Standartenführer Dr. Enno Lolling. Lolling was the head of the Office for Medical Services and Camp Hygiene in the SS concentration camp system. From left to right: Lolling, Baer, Höcker.
This photo is from an album that belonged to SS officer Karl Höcker. The Höcker Album includes 116 pictures taken in and around Auschwitz between May 1944 and January 1945. This photograph was taken on September 1, 1944, when Lolling was at Auschwitz for the ceremonial dedication of the SS military hospital.
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