We decided to go to Dachau Concentration Camp which is located just about a half hour outside of Munich. It was the first time I'd ever been to such a somber place, literally you just felt the need to be silent when you stepped inside the gates. This was actually the first Nazi concentration camp opened to hold political prisoners and eventually German Jews. It served as a prototype and model for all future Nazi concentration camps. It was crazy to see because it was completely surrounded by a town, so it was just hard to imagine people living right outside the gates of such a horrendous place. Below are the pictures that I took on the tour.
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| "Work Sets You Free"--The gate to enter the camp. |
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| The Yard. On the left, you can see some model barracks. |
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| Memorial at the Camp |
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| So sad. We said, "Never Again." But it's happened again and again and again. |
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| Model Barracks, illustrates the living conditions of the camp. |
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| The barracks are no longer there, only their foundation. On the right is a picture of what the camp once looked like. |
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| Where Barrack #5 once stood. |
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| Jewish Memorial |
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| Crematorium |
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| Although never used, there were gas chambers on site. |
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