![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)
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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