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.