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Dachau Concentration Camp If you happen to be visiting Munich on your trip to Germany don’t forget to see Dachau Concentration Camp(Camp Concentration Dachau). Dachau is located just outside of Munich and is a short train ride from Munich’s train station Dachau was the Nazi’s first concentration camp and it has been kept in tact to serve as a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and those who suffered from religious and political persecution during the Nazi regime. Dachau was built in 1933, by Heinrich Himmler and was used to keep political prisoners and intellectual enemies. Over the years Jews, Gypsies and priests were also sent there. After the “Night of the Broken Glass” more than 10,000 jews were sent to the camp. Many of the prisoners came from eastern Europe. Dachau housed approximately 200,000 prisoners during it's existence The SS were the ones who operated the camp and often enslaved the prisoners. They built roads and worked in the quarries. During the course of the war Dachau became a place where prisoners were killed on purpose. Some were used for medical experiments and as human guinea pigs. Only 30,000 deaths were recorded but many more died at the camp than that. Many prisoners were moved with the allies approaching and died at other camps. The US Army liberated Dachau concentration camp on April 29 1945. The gas chambers at Dachau were never used and nobody seems to know why, however, the ovens worked nonstop and they are extremely powerful when you walk through them. Make sure you you make a plan to see a concentration camp on your European Vacation.
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