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"They offer an important perspective on the psychology of those perpetrating genocide."

The director of the museum's photographic reference collection, Judith Cohen, said there are no photos depicting anything abhorrent, "and that's precisely what makes them so horrible."

The images are significant because there are few photos available today of the "social life" of the SS officers who were responsible for the mass murder at Auschwitz, the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper writes.

When Mengele had finally completed his statements, Rolf asked his father why, if he felt so sure of his innocence, he had not turned himself in? The paper claims that these are the first leisure time photos of the concentration camp's SS officers to be discovered, though similar images do exist for other camps, including Sachsenhausen, Dachau and Buchenwald.

'Revelling next to the Gas Chambers'

Germany's mass circulation Bild newspaper, which has more than 4 million readers, described the images as "photos that are angering the world!"

"No other name is connected with greater horror and cruelty" than Auschwitz, an article in the Friday issue of the paper stated.

... Alexander burst into Hedwig’s cell and informed her that this train was about to take her son to Siberia, and that she would never see him again.

The essential and sole witness, the one upon whose testimony the whole accusation was based, was an extraordinarily creative imposter. All I can say to all this is that it is untrue from beginning to end.”

We know that Kramer and other defendants at the Belsen trial were tortured, sometimes to the point of begging to be put to death.[18] British journalist Alan Moorehead, for example, described the treatment of camp personnel at Bergen-Belsen after the British takeover of the camp:[19]

“As we approached the cells of the SS guards, the [British] sergeant’s language became ferocious. […] The sergeant unbolted the first door and […] strode into the cell, jabbing a metal spike in front of him.

However, she refused to reveal her husband’s hiding place. 392-399.[28]Mattogno, Carlo, Commandant, op. 175.[17]Ibid., pp. Himmler said that the expansion of the camp must be accelerated by every available means. 391-407.[12]Mattogno, Carlo, “Dr.

Gilbert wrote about Höss:[32]

“In all of the discussions Höss is quite matter-of-fact and apathetic, shows some belated interest in the enormity of his crime, but gives the impression that it never would have occurred to him if somebody hadn’t asked him. The museum obtained the photos at the year of the year from a retired US Army intelligence officer, who came across the album in an apartment in Frankfurt and has now given them to the museum.

The photos were taken between May and December 1944, and they show the officers and guards relaxing and enjoying themselves -- as countless people were being murdered and cremated at the nearby death camp.

In some of the photos, SS officers can be seen singing.