SS female auxiliaries (Helferinnen) pose for photos at Solahütte, an SS retreat at Międzybrodzkie Lake south of Auschwitz. This photograph was taken on July 22, 1944.
The photo is from SS officer Karl Höcker's photograph album. The Höcker album includes 116 pictures taken in and around Auschwitz between June 1944 and January 1945. Among the images are photographs of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz, as well as personal photographs. Some of the images depict social activities that Höcker and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff participated in. This image is one of six photographs in a series. In the album, there is a handwritten caption describing the photos as "Here there are blueberries" ("Hier gibt es Blaubeeren"). The man in the photograph is Höcker.
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