[dd74]

Fascinating. What year were these photos taken? The only date I saw was 1944. If that's the case, Germany was being beaten rather handily in many theaters. Meanwhile, everyone here, including Mengele, look rather jubilant.

I wonder how close was to the extermination camp in Auschwitz.

To me, the pictorial (I looked at all 146 shots) reveals that no matter what megalomaniac President, Fuhrer, Prime Minister, King or anyone else that attempts influence, the military which does their bidding remains the same. In the case of these photos, the SS relaxed, played, ate, dedicated hospitals and mourned their dead just as ours and other soldiers have done in the past and now in the present.