Edam

Dachau, Edam, Amsterdam

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September 19th 2004
Another cool morning today. A sure sign we're back heading north! Today our journey was from St. Goar to Amsterdam. Today's first stop was at Dachau, where we visited the deeply moving concentration camp. This concentration camp was set-up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for political prisoners, and was used to base all later concentration camps on. It showed what sort of appalling conditions the priso ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more