On February 25, 1944 the Auschwitz commandant Arthur Liebehenschel informed that the chief of the Central Construction Office SS-Sturmbannführer Karl Bischoff had been awarded the War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords for his constributions to victory through his work in construction. The Birkenau camp, four crematories and gas chambers as well as hundreds other camp buildings were constructed under Bischoff's direction. In the picture: Karl Bischoff's staff (Bischoff: 4th from the right).
