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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