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| SS guards marching at the warehouse barracks ('Bauhof'), at Auschwitz I, Oswiecim, occupied Poland, 1941 | A Christmas tree standing in front of Block 15 in Auschwitz I Concentration Camp, date unknown | Carpatho-Ruthenian Jews being processed upon arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, Poland, May 1944 | Snow covered pots and pans on the tracks inside abandoned Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp, Oswiecim, Poland, Feb-Mar 1945; note interior face of the gatehouse |
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| Gate of the Auschwitz I, Oswiecim, Poland, mid-1945 | Rudolf Höss arriving at the site of his execution, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland, 16 Apr 1947 | Rudolf Höss being prepared for hanging, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland, 16 Apr 1947, photo 1 of 2 | Rudolf Höss being prepared for hanging, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland, 16 Apr 1947, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Rudolf Höss on the gallows, Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland, 16 Apr 1947 |
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