Dachau Konzentrationslager

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October 24th 2010

Published: October 24th 2010

Today, even though I was still tired from yesterday, I went with a group of friends from school to see the first Nazi concentration camp - Dachau Konzentrationslager. Seeing everything was more brutal than I thought. We walked the path that all the new inmates would have walked when they were sent to Dachau. On the gate to the camp was a sign that said “Arbeit Macht Frei”, which means “Wo... Read Full Entry

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The prisoners were forced to build 32 new barracks so that the camp could accomodate more prisoners.

One of the Christian monuments

The Jewish monument

The Jewish Monument

inside the Evangelical monument

stone at the entrance to the crematorium

The corpse room

This is where the Nazis put the bodies before they burned them. When the US forces liberated the camp, they found 3000 corpses in this room. The Nazis had run out of coal.

The Crematorium

one of the furnaces

The Crematorium

All four of the new furnaces. The corpses were so thin and malnourished (usually 35 kilos) that the Nazis could burn 3-4 at once.

Sign to trick prisoners

Entrance to the gas chamber. The Nazis told the prisoners that they were taking showers. Luckily, for some reason, the gas chamber in Dachau wasn't used very much. Reportedly, there were never any mass killings in it.

the gas chamber

Pile of corpses found after the liberation

Picture of a picture

the old crematorium

An execution site

outside the crematorium

The New Crematorium

propaganda for Hitler

it says "a soldier on the front lines votes Adolf Hitler"

propaganda for Hitler

it says "Our last hope - Hitler"

The Munich Rathaus

With a swastika Picture of a picture

Photo 42

Terror Poster

Lice were spreading diseases very badly at one time so the Nazis put up these posters. It says "One lice, your death" They had routine checks for lice and anyone found with even one was executed.

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