![Two black-and-white photos: On the left, a person in uniform lights candles on a Christmas tree with a long pole. On the right, a group of people in uniforms, some smiling and holding musical instruments, stand and lean in a joyful pose.](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2024/05/chilling-nazi-photos-featured-300x157.jpg)
A Nazi’s Chilling Photos Show How He Wanted to Remember Auschwitz
Photography has long played an instrumental role in preserving moments -- some mundane, some good, and others downright horrific. A photo album from Auschwitz fits squarely in the latter group, although not in the way one might expect.