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  • World War I destruction in Poland

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    A man, women and a child sort through the rubble of a Polish home destroyed during World War I. Photograph taken ca. October 18, 1915.

    World War I destruction in Poland
  • Scene during the Battle of the Somme.

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    Stretcher bearers carry a wounded soldier during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. France, September 1916. IWM (Q 1332)

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    Scene during the Battle of the Somme.
  • World War I ruins in Louvain, Belgium

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    Ruins of the library in Louvain, destroyed during World War I. Louvain, Belgium, ca. 1914–1915

    World War I ruins in Louvain, Belgium
  • French army ambulance in World War I

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    A French army ambulance during World War I. This photograph was taken ca. 1914–1915.

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    French army ambulance in World War I
  • German soldiers in France during World War I

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    German soldiers in the Argonne Forest, France, during World War I. Photograph taken ca. 1914–1915.

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    German soldiers in France during World War I
  • World War I US Army field hospital

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    A US army field hospital inside the ruins of a church in France during World War I. France, 1918

    World War I US Army field hospital
  • World War I trench

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    Scene of trench warfare: an abandoned British trench which was captured by German forces during World War I. German soldiers on horseback view the scene.

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    World War I trench
  • World War I damage in Rheims, France

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    This 1919 photograph shows destruction in the leading business thoroughfare of Rheims after bombardment during World War I. Rheims, France, 1919.

    World War I damage in Rheims, France
  • World War I destruction in Ypres

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    This 1919 photograph shows World War I destruction in Ypres, Belgium.

    World War I destruction in Ypres
  • The cover of Karl Höcker's photograph album

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    Karl Höcker's photograph album includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff enjoyed.

    The cover of Karl Höcker's photograph album
  • Karl Höcker relaxes with SS physicians

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    Karl Höcker (on left, looking at the camera) relaxes with SS physicians, including Dr. Fritz Klein (far left), Dr. Horst Schumann (partially obscured next to Klein, identified from other photographs), and Dr. Eduard Wirths (third from right, wearing tie). From Karl Höcker's photograph album, which includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp…

    Karl Höcker relaxes with SS physicians
  • Studio portrait of Obersturmführer Karl Höcker

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    Obersturmführer Karl Höcker, June 21, 1944. Karl Höcker, adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz, kept a photograph album. The album includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff enjoyed. These rare images show Nazis singing, hunting, and even trimming a Christmas tree. They provide a chilling contrast to the photographs of…

    Studio portrait of Obersturmführer Karl Höcker
  • Karl Höcker

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    Photograph of Karl Höcker. He is standing in front of an air raid shelter. From Karl Höcker's photograph album, which includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff enjoyed. These rare images show Nazis singing, hunting, and even trimming a Christmas tree. They provide a chilling contrast to the photographs of thousands of Hungarian Jews…

    Karl Höcker
  • Richard Baer, Karl Höcker, and Dr. Enno Lolling

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    Richard Baer and Karl Höcker look over a document with SS-Standartenführer Dr. Enno Lolling, the director of the Office for Sanitation and Hygiene in the Inspectorate of Concentration Camps. From left to right: Lolling, Baer, Höcker. From Karl Höcker's photograph album, which includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff enjoyed.…

    Richard Baer, Karl Höcker, and Dr. Enno Lolling
  • Nazi ceremony in Auschwitz-Birkenau

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    The beginning of a ceremony to dedicate a new SS hospital in Auschwitz-Birkenau. A Nazi soldier salutes as the Nazi and SS flags are raised while a line of troops stand with rifles at attention during the dedication. From Karl Höcker's photograph album, which includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff enjoyed. These rare images show Nazis…

    Nazi ceremony in Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Solahütte, an SS retreat

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    View of Solahütte, an SS retreat near Auschwitz. From Karl Höcker's photograph album, which includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff enjoyed. These rare images show Nazis singing, hunting, and even trimming a Christmas tree. They provide a chilling contrast to the photographs of thousands of Hungarian Jews deported to Auschwitz at the…

    Solahütte, an SS retreat
  • A group of SS officers at an SS retreat outside Auschwitz

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    This photograph shows a group of SS officers at Solahuette, the SS retreat outside of Auschwitz. Pictured from left to right: Josef Kramer, Dr. Josef Mengele, Richard Baer, Karl Höcker, and an unidentified officer.

    A group of SS officers at an SS retreat outside Auschwitz
  • A group of SS officers socializing at an SS retreat outside Auschwitz

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    A group of SS officers socialize at an SS retreat outside Auschwitz. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Josef Mengele, Rudolf Höss, Josef Kramer, and an unidentified officer.

    A group of SS officers socializing at an SS retreat outside Auschwitz
  • SS social gathering

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    A "sing-along" during a social gathering of the SS hierarchy at Solahütte. The front row consists of (left to right): Karl Höcker, Otto Moll, Rudolf Höss, Richard Baer, Josef Kramer, Franz Hössler, and Josef Mengele. From Höcker's album.

    SS social gathering
  • SS female auxiliaries at an SS retreat

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    SS female auxiliaries (Helferinnen) run down a ramp in Solahütte to the music of an accordion. From Karl Höcker's photograph album, which includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social activities that he and other members of the Auschwitz camp staff enjoyed. These rare images show Nazis singing, hunting, and even trimming a Christmas tree. They provide a chilling contrast to the photographs of thousands of…

    SS female auxiliaries at an SS retreat
  • SS female auxiliaries

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    SS female auxiliaries show with mock sadness that they have finished eating their blueberries, July 22, 1944. From the Hoecker Album of 116 photographs taken during the last six months of Auschwitz, between June 1944 and January 1945. 

    SS female auxiliaries
  • Richard Baer at a ceremony

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    September 1, 1944, Richard Baer ceremonially accepts a copy of the construction plans from the Chief of the Central Construction Directorate of the Waffen SS, SS-Sturmbannführer Karl Bischoff, celebrating the opening of an SS military hospital (SS-Lazarette). Baer was the last commandant of the Auschwitz camp.  From Karl Höcker's photograph album, which includes both documentation of official visits and ceremonies at Auschwitz as well as more personal photographs depicting the many social…

    Richard Baer at a ceremony
  • Funeral of SS officers

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    Scene during the funeral of SS officers killed in the December 26, 1944, Allied bombing of Auschwitz.

    Funeral of SS officers
  • Funeral for SS officers

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    SS officer Karl Höcker salutes in front of an array of wreaths during a military funeral near Auschwitz. The original caption for the photograph reads "Beisetzung von SS Kameraden nach einem Terrorangriff." (Burying our SS comrades from a terror attack.) Pictured in the background are Josef Kramer and Karl Moeckel.This image shows the aftermath of the September 13, 1944, bombing of IG Farben in which 15 SS men died in the SS residential blocks and 28 were seriously wounded.     

    Funeral for SS officers
  • Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau

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    Selection of Hungarian Jews at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. Poland, May 1944.

    Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz-Birkenau

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