Reich Commissioner Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, 27 Apr 1941; the others were, left to right: Gauleiter August Eigruber (over Ziereis's right shoulder), Commandant Franz Ziereis (to Himmler's right), SS-Obersturmführer August Schmidhuber (over Ziereis's left shoulder), General Karl Wolff (behind Himmler), and Franz Kutschera (right edge of photo)

Caption     Reich Commissioner Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, 27 Apr 1941; the others were, left to right: Gauleiter August Eigruber (over Ziereis's right shoulder), Commandant Franz Ziereis (to Himmler's right), SS-Obersturmführer August Schmidhuber (over Ziereis's left shoulder), General Karl Wolff (behind Himmler), and Franz Kutschera (right edge of photo) ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
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Identification Code   Bild 192-111
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Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp   Main article  Photos  
Heinrich Himmler   Main article  Photos  
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Photo Size 736 x 490 pixels
Photos on Same Day 27 Apr 1941
Photos at Same Place Mauthausen, Austria
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
27 Jul 2015 02:37:49 PM

Left to right are Gauleiter August Eigruber, camp commandant Franz Ziereis (who was executed for war crimes in 1945), SS-General August Schmidhuber, SS-Chief Heinrich Himmler, Himmler’s chief of staff Karl Wolff, and at the edge of the photograph Warsaw police chief Franz Kutschera (who was assassinated 1 Feb 1944 on orders from the Polish government in exile).

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