From left to right: Generalleutnant Hans Suttner (?), SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Oskar Knofe (Befehlshaber der Ordnungspolizei in Salzburg), SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Karl Heinrich Brenner (Assigned to the Aufstellungsstab of the SS-Generalkommando), and SS-Standartenführer Dr. Walter Blume. The event was Gauleiter Dr. Rainer proclamation of giving the People of Upper Carniola/Oberkrain/Gorenjska, Slovenia, German citizenship on revoke (auf Widerruf), 27 September 1942. It started with parade in Krainburg/Kranj at 9:00. Around 11 it was a visit of "Heldenfriedhof" Military cemetery in Krainburg/Kranj (and where the above picture was taken). At 12:00 was Gauleiter Dr. Rainer proclamation speech in Krainburg/Kranj. Upper Carniola was never part of Nazi Germany, it was Occupied territory with resistence movement
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