Description
Dachau Concentration Camp, located near the town of Dachau, 19.8 km from Munich, has many records of horror: it was the first concentration camp opened by the Nazis and the only one in operation during the entire Third Reich. It was used both as a Nazi training facility for SS camp guards and as a model for all the concentration camps built by the Nazis thereafter - 44,000 between concentration camps, extermination centers, and internment sites.
Visiting Dachau is a sobering, moving experience. We can never understand how much harm human beings can do to other human beings until we visit a concentration camp, and we can never prevent it from happening again until we understand how it could happen. The entrance is free for everybody, but visiting is not recommended for those under 13.
Visiting Dachau is a sobering, moving experience. We can never understand how much harm human beings can do to other human beings until we visit a concentration camp, and we can never prevent it from happening again until we understand how it could happen. The entrance is free for everybody, but visiting is not recommended for those under 13.
Amenities & features
Tour Sights
1.
Dachau Concentration Camp History
Dachau Concentration Camp began operations on March 22, 1933, and was initially a camp for political prisoners, social democrats, communists,...
2.
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
Thanks to the initiative of the survivors, who formed the Comité International de Dachau (CID) in 1955, the former concentration...
3.
The Jewish Memorial Site
On May 7, 1967, the State Association of Jewish Communities in Bavaria unveiled a Jewish Memorial to the right of...
4.
Carmel Holy Blood
The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site contains several sacred buildings. The Catholic Chapel of the Mortal Agony of Christ was...
5.
Crematorium
The crematorium area is the main site of remembrance at the Memorial Site and is accessible via a bridge from...
A Journey Through History - Dachau
3 hours
3 credits
