The Birth of Hell (a.k.a. The First Protective Custody Camp)

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April 27th 2008

Published: May 3rd 2008

In 1933, Hitler had recently gained power in Germany and needed a new place to imprison his political opponents. Thus was the birth of the Dachau Concentration Camp, or KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau. The city of Dachau is over a thousand years old, even older than its close neighbor of Munich, and the buildings of the concentration camp date back to WWI, when they were used as an armaments factory. W... Read Full Entry

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My husband and I just moved back to Florida, but we lived in Maryland from June 2008 until October 2009, and we lived in Heidelberg, Germany from June 2005 until June 2008. I created this TravelBlog to share our experiences and pictures with our family and friends. We love to travel, so I hope that shows! :) I also love photographing new and beautiful places, so I hope you enjoy both the blogs and the photos! This photo of us was taken in Nuremberg, Germany in early 2004. The blogs begin with the Spring of 2006. Don't forget to check out some of my favorite photos from our past tr... full info

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Barracks. Beds from the last phase, about 1944-45.

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Photo of prisoners in barracks.

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The barracks bathroom. As the barracks are reconstructed, I can't say for sure if these are original toilets, but it does demonstrate that Dachau had indoor pluming.

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Looking up the Camp Road towards the Maintenance Building. On either side of this road were the barracks.

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Shows the foundations of where the barracks used to be located. And a guard tower.

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A stone marker near the crematoriums, reads "keep in mind," or remember, those who died here.

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The original crematorium, built in 1940.

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Inside the original crematorium.

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The second crematorium, Barrack X, built in 1942.

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On the outside of Barrack X, the slots to hold the poison for the gas chamber.

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In the "changing room," where the prisoners removed their clothing for the "showers," and the door that leads to the gas chamber and the room beyond where the dead bodies were to be piled to wait for cremation.

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The "shower room," or gas chamber, in Barrack X. Notice how low the ceiling is, as to be more efficient when the gas was released from the vents on the ceiling. However, as noted in my blog, this gas chamber was never put into use.

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Inside the crematorium, Barrack X, and three of the four ovens.

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Detail of an oven in Barrack X.

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A 1945 photograph of the piles of corpses waiting to be cremated that the American Troops discovered when they liberated the camp.

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Monument in front of the Maintenance Building. Created by Nandor Glid in 1968, it represents the prisoners who threw themselves against the electric fence.

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Monument.

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Monument with the barracks in the background.

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Medical Experiments. This man was dressed in a pilot's suit and placed in freezing water to test how to best rewarm the body. Photo taken between 1942-45.

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Medical Experiments. This man was placed in the decompression chamber to test lack of pressure and oxygen. Photo taken between 1942-45.

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