Dachau Concentration Camp: Photos 21 to 41

Tuesday 30th September
Dachau Concentration Camp

We arrived at the camp early and there were so many people and so many tour buses. Also surprising were the amount of Germany high school students.

We hired some audio guide and started to walk around. There was a big museum like set up, with heaps of exhibits to read. The exhibits were set up in original rooms, so while you read and listened to the guide, you were also given the history of the room.


After lunch which we had in the motor home, my Dad and I chose to do an English speaking tour which lasted about 2hours while Kurt who was feeling worse slept and rested in the motorhome.


We found out some really interesting fact….
Dachue was a prison for German prisoners first!! Some of you may have known this but I had no idea. When Hitler was first in power and had any opposition they were sent to Dachue prison, followed by undesirables (homosexuals, gypsies, Jewish, unemployed, people who’d had previous crimes.) The Nazi party then moved into other countries and more prisoners followed. I was amazed that Hitler and the Nazi turned

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