Joachim Hoffmann (1905-1934), SS-Sturmbannführer, commander of the Gestapo in Stettin and one of the victims of the political purge of the National Socialist dictatorship known as "Night of the Long Knives" on June 30 1934. he was shot on the grounds of the LSSAH-barracks in Berlin-Lichterfelde by a squad of SS-men. The Picture must have been taken during his time as a political fugitive in South and Middle America in 1931/1932.