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Dachau

A piece of World War II history we could have done without.

Trip List
  • Neuschwanstein Castle
  • Pinakothek Art Museum
  • Nymphenburg Palace
  • Residenz Museum
  • Dachau
  • Herrenchiemsee Palace
  • Allianz Arena
  • Olympic Park
  • Lake Garda (Italy)
  • Lake Konigsee
  • Nuremburg
  • English Garden
  • City Tour
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Walking
Driving
  • Exploring the Camp

    Fri May 11, 2018 10:04 AM

    4 hours 3 mins

    3.3 miles

    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell
    Photo by: Steve Snell

    Taken by Steve

    Dachau concentration camp was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in 1933, intended to hold political prisoners. It is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria, in southern Germany Opened by Heinrich Himmler, its purpose was enlarged to include forced labor, and eventually, the imprisonment of Jews, German and Austrian criminals, and eventually foreign nationals from countries that Germany occupied or invaded. The Dachau camp system grew to include nearly 100 sub-camps, which were mostly work camps or Arbeitskommandos, and were located throughout southern Germany and Austria. The camps were liberated by U.S. forces on 29 April 1945.

  • Drive back to Munich

    Fri May 11, 2018 02:08 PM

    53 mins

    12.1 miles