how hitler's photographer returned to dachau concentration camp

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How Hitler's photographer returned to Dachau concentrationcamp to take series of chilling images five years after thosewho survived torture and death at the hands of the Nazis wereset free

By Jessica Jerreat

PUBL!H"D#22:06 EST, 21 March 2014 | UPD$%"D#23:30EST, 21 March 2014

Even though they were taen in co!or, the i"ages o# $achauconcentration ca"%, where tens o# thousan&s were i"%risone&an& i!!e& 'y the (a)is, a%%ear '!ea an& #ore'o&ing*

+hat is even "ore chi!!ing than the sight o# &rainage &itches tocatch the '!oo& o# victi"s, or the i"ages o# gas cha"'ers, is thatthe "an 'ehin& the ca"era in 1-0 was .ugo Jaeger / one o#.it!ers %ersona! %hotogra%hers*

The events that un#o!&e& in $achau continue to haunt the wor!&1 years a#ter it #irst o%ene& its gates on March 22, 133* But theseries o# i"ages taen 'y Jaeger, who &ocu"ente& the rise o#(a)i er"any, a&& a !ayer o# horror to the %ri&e .it!er an& his#o!!owers too in their "ove"ent*
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Sha#ts o# !ight can 'e seen in one o# the gas cha"'ers at theconcentration ca"%


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5ne o# the 'arracs in $achau concentration ca"%,%hotogra%he& 'y .ugo Jaeger in 1-0


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B!ea rows o# run&own 'ui!&ings in $achau, where 32 'arracshouse& Jews an& other grou%s %ersecute& 'y the (a)is

(o one is uite sure why Jaeger, whose wor was !au&e& 'y.it!er as the #uture o# %hotogra%hy, &eci&e& to visit the ca"% #iveyears a#ter 7*S* troo%s !i'erate& the torture& sou!s interne& there*

The %hotogra%her, &escri'e& as an ar&ent 8ascist even 'e#ore.it!er ca"e to %ower, ha& 'een on han& to ca%ture ra!!ies, g!ori#ythe Thir& 9eich an& tae can&i& sna%shots o# .it!er at his 'irth&ayan& on other occasions*

#ter .it!ers suici&e an& the #a!! o# (a)i er"any, he hi& hisi"ages in "eta! ;ars that he 'urie& in severa! !ocations aroun&Munich* .e returne& %erio&ica!!y to chec on the" an& &ry the"out, accor&ing to %ime*
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=rayer scarves an& wreathes surroun& one o# the cre"atoriu"sin $achau


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Jaeger %hotogra%he& the #o!iage an& #!owers !e#t at a row o##urnaces


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The s%ot where a'out 4,000 Soviet so!&iers were eecute& 'y

#iring range at the ca"% was a!so &ocu"ente& 'y Jaeger


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+oo&en s!ats cover a &itch, %ossi'!e use& as a '!oo& &rain at the#iring sua& range


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.ugo Jaeger, %icture& here #or a 10 artic!e in >i#e "aga)ine,&ocu"ente& the rise o# .it!er


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Jaeger ca%ture& this in#or"a! shot o# .it!er with wi#e o# au!eiter!'ert 8orster at his 7%%er Bavaria estate in the !ate 30s

.is vast archive, taen &uring an& a#ter the #a!! o# .it!er, wereeventua!!y so!& to >i#e "aga)ine in 16-* The "aga)ine %u'!ishe&the", 'ut with an e&itors note re#erring to the archive o# rough!y2,000 i"ages as the wor o# a "an we a&"ire so !itt!e*

t the ti"e o# his visit to $achau / where sun!ight cou!& 'e seenshining wea!y through the 'arracs win&ows an& star %rison

wa!!s were !i#te& on!y 'y the tiny &ots o# ye!!ow #ro" the

&an&e!ions on overgrown verges / re#ugees an& survivors o# the(a)i ons!aught ha& "ove& into the ca"% as they trie& to rec!ai"their !ives, %ime re%orte&*
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More than 1,000 %o!itica! %risoners, Jews an& other grou%s%ersecute& 'y the (a)is were e%t in $achau, which was use& asa !a'or ca"% an& %!ace where "e&ica! e%eri"ents too %!ace*

An a #ina! act o# crue!ty, guar&s at the ca"% #orce& "ore than,000 %risoners, "ost o# the" Jewish, on a &eath "arch as"erican troo%s &rew c!ose in %ri! 14-* Many o# the starve&an& wea %risoners who strugg!e& to ee% u% were shot &ea&*Those who survive& were !i'erate& 'y the !!ies in May*

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The Brause'a& / shower / sign hangs over a &oor surroun&e& 'ygra##iti* The &oorway !e& to the gas cha"'er

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The rave o# Thousan&s 7nnown in $achau was a!so%hotogra%he& 'y Jaeger


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"e"oria! to the tens o# thousan&s o# victi"s was a!so%hotogra%he&


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%icture taen 'y "erican troo%s in %ri! 14- shows

e"aciate& "en who were e%t at $achau


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The site where ashes were store& a%%eare& in the i"ages taen'y .it!ers %hotogra%her


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The !ong 'arracs can 'e stretching into the &istance


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watchtower at the ca"%, which i"%risone& "ore than 1,000%eo%!e 'etween 133 an& 14-


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$an&e!ions 'ring a s"a!! touch o# co!or to the austere wa!!s an&ra)or wire that surroun&e& the ca"%


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Hitler at 50: Color Photos of a Despots

Birthday15 of 19

Hugo JaegerTime & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Solid gold model of the Haus der eutsche! "u!st #a cele$rated Germa! museum% a gift from

Luft'affe comma!der a!d future suicide at the (urem$erg 'ar crimes trials Herma!!Goeri!g to )dolf Hitler o! Hitler*s 5+th $irthday ),ril -+ 19.9

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We do not usually give so much space to the work of men we admire so little.

So $ega! a remar0a$le editors !ote to LI23s readers i! a! ),ril 194+ issue of the magai!e

i!troduci!g a ,hotogra,her !amedHugo Jaeger a ma! 'ho the !ote ,oi!ted out 6'as afascist $efore the (ai ,arty 'as formed7

I! that issue LI23 ,u$lished a series of startli!g color ,ictures that Jaeger made i! the late 19.+s

a!d 198+s 'he! he e!oyed u!,recede!ted access to the Third :eichs u,,er echelo! tra;eli!g
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See! today Jaegers ,hotogra,hs elicit a! u!settli!g se!se of $oth dismay a!d dread? dismay at

the sheer scale of the tri$al !atio!alist mad!ess that !ot so lo!g ago co!;ulsed a 6ci;ilied7

!atio! of millio!s a!d dread at the horrors that 'e 0!o' such mad!ess 'ould soo! u!leash

Ben Cosgrove is the Editor of LIFE.com

:ead more? )dolf Hitler at 5+? olor Photos 2rom a es,ots Firthday ),ril 19.9 LI23com

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