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Dachau (German pronunciation:) 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 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.
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. Dachau is situated on a hill, on the summit of which are the castle of the Wittelsbachs and a parish church (1625).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Key Facts. 1. Established in March 1933, Dachau was the first regular concentration camp established by the Nazi government. 2. Dachau became a model for all later concentration camps and served as a training center for SS concentration camp guards. 3. The number of prisoners incarcerated in Dachau between 1933 and 1945 exceeded 200,000.
As spring began, word reached Dachau that US troops had seized a bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen in early March. Americans now pushed deep into Germany. Munich, the capital of Bavaria and birthplace of National Socialism, was a major target. How long before the Americans reached Dachau?
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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.
Dachau ( German pronunciation: [ˈdaxaʊ]; Bavarian: Dochau) is a city in the south of Germany, about 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) north-west of Munich. It has about 40,000 inhabitants. The town contains a historic town centre with an 18th-century castle . Dachau was founded in the 8th century.
