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"An accordionist leads a sing-along for SS officers at their retreat at Solahuette outside Auschwitz."
A large group of men are gathered on a hill in uniform and are singing. Some men in front are smiling and the men that are leading the others are very animated.
Nazi officers close to camp meet and do a sing-a-long. They were having a picnic and decided to sing songs about old films and about jokes and what Germany is going to be like/was like. Sang prideful songs about what a good job they were doing. They are having a good time and feel a sense of companionship. They are small-talking about everything except for the deaths of Jews just a few minutes away.
Who is in charge in this photo? Is it really the man waving his hands and getting the others to sing? Did they have the day off? Do they get days off? Were there so many officers that these officers could go off and have a sing along and things would continue to run smoothly without them?
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