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Pro
you can reach it easily with public transport
Con
Not for young children
In a nutshell
it gives you an idea of what Nazism did
doug48 Says: pictured is the main lane that runs through the barracks area of dachau concentration camp. when theodor eicke planned the camp he laid out 17 rows of barracks on each side of the "avenue" for a total of 34 barracks. the original plan was for a capacity of 3500 inmates....
mapakettle Says: Try not to visit when school groups are attending. I say this, but it is impossible to determine when they might be there. We were surprised to find that schools were still in progress at the end of July. If you see a large number of tour buses parked in the lot, be...
mapakettle Says: Spotted here and there, thick cement bunkers had been erected by the SS to defend against outside interference, and included gun ports facing inwards to prevent inmates from escaping. After sixty years, these bunkers are in surprisingly good condition.
mapakettle Says: The entire camp was encircled with barbed wire fencing, leaving approximately thirty feet of flat ground running parallel with the fencing which was considered to be no-man's land. In addition to the barbed wire fencing, barbed wire was also strung knee high about eight feet...
The Bunker, a prison within a prison
mapakettle Says: A 6x8 foot square unheated concrete cell, with a heavy wooden door, small peephole, and boarded windows, with an open toilet in the corner, shared with as many as seven other inmates on a temporary basis, sleeping in rotation...considered luxury by unknowing inmates in the...
mapakettle Says: Built in 1942, the new crematorium had four additional ovens to accomodate the greatly increasing need, adding to the one heavily used oven in the old crematorium located just a few hundred yards away.
Inside the crematorium building...
mapakettle Says: Be aware that the additional pictures show the ovens in great detail. Over 200,000 registered prisoners went through the concentration camp at Dachau, and out of those, there were 31,951 registered deaths. I say registered, because many mass shootings of Soviet prisoners...
mapakettle Says: The first crematorium built on the site of Dachau's concentration camp is located a few hundred feet from the second newer building. It proved to wholly inadequate to the demand, and more ovens had to be added to improve efficiency. Built in 1940, it handled 11,000...
mapakettle Says: Gas chambers were included in the construction of the new crematorium, but were never actually used in Dachau. No one seems to know why. The design called for an 'undressing room', a 'shower bath', and a 'mortuary', and the shower heads which would be used to dispurse the...
mapakettle Says: This monument has been installed at the site of the two crematoriums, located halfway between both. It is in memorium to all who died in Dachau. The statue is very forlorn looking, wearing oversized shoes, and an obviously reclaimed greatcoat. The figure is gaunt, with a...
mapakettle Says: The attached photo shows the overall size of Dachau in 1945 after liberation. For an excellent account of the days before, during and after liberation, see this link... http://www.scrapbookpages.com/DachauScrapbook/KZDachau/index.html
Concentration Camp - The Gates
Blatherwick Says: Arbeit Macht Frei - Work makes you free.These words can be found at the gates of a place where one of the greatest crimes of humanity started off.On March 21 1933, Heinrich Himmler ordered that a concentration camp be erected at Dachau. This was one of the first of the camps...
Concentration Camp - The Crematorium
Blatherwick Says: The crematorium grounds were strictly separated from the prisoners' camp. In the SS camp the path branched off to the crematorium area in front of the Jourhaus. Only the crematorium work detail was permitted to enter this area.Still preserved today are the first crematorium...
Concentration Camp - Roll Call Area
Blatherwick Says: On the roll-call area the prisoners were counted every morning and evening and assigned to their work details. Punishment measures were announced and carried out here publicly to intimidate the prisoners.The roll-call area was bordered by the maintenance building; to mock...
Blatherwick Says: A touching memorial located in the Concentration Camp walls."May the example of those who were exterminated here between 1933 - 1945 because they resisted Nazism help to unite the living for the defense of peace and freedom and in respect for their fellow man"
nicolaitan Says: For independent travel from Munich, the train to Dachau leaves from the main train station and takes well less than half an hour. Exit the train station and the bus stop is right in front. Take 724 which goes directly to the entrance (end of the line). Audio guides are...
Steer clear of school groups...
mapakettle Says: Try not to visit when school groups are attending. I say this, but it is impossible to determine when they might be there. We were surprised to find that schools were still in progress at the end of July. If you see a large number of tour buses parked in the lot, be...
Sicktomystomach Says: Don't visit this Disneyfied version of the hell hole that was Dachau. I was there in the early 1960's before things were prettied up and am appalled at the photos I am now seeing of that place of horror. It seems to have been turned into a place of chapels and greenery and...
matseb Says: Ontop of the city, you'll find a nice castle with a nice view to Munich. After checking the castle you can rest in the park or at thecoffee shop with tasteful cakes within the castle or adjacent to the park.The castle is opened April-September: 9 am-6 pm and October-March:...
shaytana22 Says: Hey Mark,thanks for writing this about me lol, albeit not completely truthfully :) In my case I didnt need to learn English, nor was I a college student, nor did you hire me, I offered but I still had fun with you guys and all the times we got lost, your friend ending up in...
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3 members live in Dachau
Q: My husband and I plan to visit Dachau in our upcoming trip. We will have a 9 month old infant with us. Would it be inappropriate...
A: It will not bother your child at that age, of course, and I can find no mention of minimum age on the Dachau Memorial Museum website...
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The red brick train station isn't new, but it is clean and comes with a McDonald's on the upper level. The main bus station is right out the front door, appears new, with lanes for the different bus...
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Welcome to Dachau: the beginning of the end
Dachau was the first concentration camp opened by Hitler in 1933. Unlike what many people think, this was not an extermination camp and it was not conceived to kill Jewish people, but to emprison (and...
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To Honor the Dead, and to Remind the Living
Words can not describe how terrible you feel knowing that the site of so many senseless deaths occurred in such a beautiful part of the world. If you were to walk into Dachau today, and you were told...
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dachau is a small town located about 12 miles northwest of munich. this village will always be remembered for the nearby dachau concentration camp. in 1933 dachau concentration camp was established in...
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The former SS concentration camp
In Dachau, one of the most famous SS concentration camp is located. Nowadays, the camp is preserved as a memorial to the thousands of people who suffered and died there at the hands of the...
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