Dachau

I went to the Dachau Concentration Camp last weekend. It was quite the experience. Most of the camp was actually torn down after it was liberated, but they rebuilt one of the barracks and there was a great account of the history displayed.

Entrance to the camp

Roll call area and rebuilt barracks

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"bathrooms" in the barracks

3 tiers of this. No individual bed, just one long platform. The camp was built to hold 6,000 people, and by 1944 it had over 35,000

Picture of the original barracks

The cement outlines of where the barracks used to be. They gray weather added to the experience

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In the crematorium

Very small room disguised as "showers" where the prisoners were gassed

Fumigation chamber

Crematorium from the outside

The old crematorium (believe it or not they built another one ) :(

"Crematorium. Think about those who have died here"

Barbed wire electric fence and death strip

Arbeit Macht Frei

It was a very moving experience visiting Dachau. I can't even imagine what it was like when the American Soldiers liberated the camp.

Same old, same old

Sorry for the long lapse in posts, but there has been nothing new to write about! I have been back in school for about 1 1/2 months and classes are going well.
The weather has been mostly cloudy and rainy lately which is a bummer. When it's nice out though, I take Heidi for walks along the river. She even got in the other day and went swimming! Speaking of swimming...the pool in town is open and I have been using it tons! It's a really nice pool with lap lanes, a diving well (including a 10 meter diving platform!!!!), a big main pool, a wave pool, and TONS of space for laying out.

It's crazy to think that I will be home at the end of NEXT MONTH! I have loved my time in Germany, but coming home will be so great.

Heidi is the featured puppy today on www.dailypuppy.com

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