This photograph shows three SS officers at the Solahütte, an SS retreat at Międzybrodzkie Lake south of Auschwitz. It was taken on July 15, 1944. Pictured from left to right: Richard Baer, Josef Mengele, and Rudolf Höss. All three men held leadership positions within the Auschwitz camp complex. They were intimately involved in the mass murder of Jews.
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 taken on July 15, 1944, at an event honoring Höss, who at the time was preparing to leave Auschwitz for another assignment.
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