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Dachau was the concentration camp that was in operation the longest, from March 1933 to April 1945, nearly all twelve years of the Nazi regime. Dachau's close proximity to Munich, where Hitler came to power and where the Nazi Party had its official headquarters, made Dachau a convenient location.
Nov 9, 2009 · Dachau, a concentration camp that opened in Nazi Germany in 1933 after Adolf Hitler seized power, held thousands of Jews, political prisoners and others.
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Admission is free, pre-registration is not necessary. Please note that there is a fee for parking at the memorial (car / motorcycle 3,- Euro, bus / camper 5,- Euro).
Nov 6, 2020 · The wrenching images and first-hand testimonies of Dachau recorded by U.S. soldiers brought the horrors of the Holocaust home to America.
Dachau ( German pronunciation: [ˈdaxaʊ]) is a town in the Upper Bavaria district of Bavaria, a state in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt —of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-west of Munich.
Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany, established on March 10, 1933, slightly more than five weeks after Adolf Hitler became chancellor. Built at the edge of the town of Dachau, about 12 miles north of Munich, it became the model and training center for all other SS-organized camps.
Opening hours. The Memorial is open to visitors daily from 9 am to 5 pm. The Memorial is closed on December 24th. Free entry. Guided tours in English daily at 11 am and 1 pm. Audio guides are available. You will find further information on booking guided tours for groups here.
Up until the end of the war, the Dachau concentration camp operates a network of 140 subcamps, located foremost in southern Bavaria. The function of the main camp changes: it becomes a collection and distribution point of slave workers for the subcamps.
To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, the entrance to the Memorial Site is adapted to fit the actual historical circumstances. Visitors can now enter the grounds through the Jourhaus, the entrance gate to the onetime prisoners’ camp.
Dachau, city, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It lies on the Amper River, just northwest of Munich. First mentioned in 805, it remained a small market town until the 20th century, attaining civic status in 1934.
