Dachau was the first and is one the most famous Nazi concentration camps. Over 200,000 people resided in Dachau over the course of its 12 years in operation with over 30,000 executions. This number does not include the several thousands of people that died from the conditions. It was cold, wet and dreary ... hard to believe, huh? Walking through the crematoriums and the never-used gas chambers (for some unknown reason) was a strange experience. Behind the crematorium stand memorials, mass ashen graves, and former execution rows. A little under two hours was more than enough for us.
Initial crematorium with our rock on the rail.
The restored Dachau 'headquarters'. Inside you will find exhibits, a museum, and a theater that shows an extremely graphic film on the horrors of Dachau.
These the cremators are in the the 'new' crematorium. The original crematorium could not keep up with Dachau's death rate. This crematorium is a much larger version of the first.
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