This is a page from SS officer Karl Höcker’s photo album. The caption reads “With Commandant SS-Sturmbannführer Baer Auschwitz 21.6.1944” (“Mit dem Kommandanten SS-Stubaf. Baer Auschwitz 21.6.1944”). It was likely the first page in the album.
Höcker (right) served as the adjutant to SS officer Richard Baer (left), the last commandant of Auschwitz. Baer became the commandant of the Auschwitz main camp (also called Auschwitz I) on May 11, 1944.
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