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Wikipedia: Dachau concentration camp was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria, which is located in southern Germany. Opened in March 1933, it was the first regular concentration camp established by the coalition government of National Socialist Party and the German Nationalist People's Party (dissolved on 6 July 1933). Heinrich Himmler, Chief of Police of Munich, officially described the camp as "the first concentration camp for political prisoners.
![[The Perimeter Fence]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_Perimeter_Fence_s.jpg "The Perimeter Fence")
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![[View of roll-call area from one of the buildings (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_089_s.jpg "View of roll-call area from one of the buildings (June 2005)")
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![[Tower (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_044_s.jpg "Tower (June 2005)")
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![[Jewish Memorial (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_064_s.jpg "Jewish Memorial (June 2005)")
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from Odcdtd45 |
![[Protestant Church of Reconciliation (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_054_s.jpg "Protestant Church of Reconciliation (June 2005)")
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![[Catholic Mortal Agony of Christ chapel (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_053_s.jpg "Catholic Mortal Agony of Christ chapel (June 2005)")
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from Odcdtd45 |
![[Prisoner bunks (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_120_s.jpg "Prisoner bunks (June 2005)")
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![[Prisoner bunks (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_122_s.jpg "Prisoner bunks (June 2005)")
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from Odcdtd45 |
![[The east wing of the "Bunker" (camp prison), normally closed to visitors]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_Bunker_s.jpg "The east wing of the \"Bunker\" (camp prison), normally closed to visitors")
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![[Polish prisoners in Dachau toast their liberation from the camp]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Toasting_Polish_Dachau_s.jpg "Polish prisoners in Dachau toast their liberation from the camp")
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from Stor_stark7 |
![[Liberated female prisoners at Dachau wave to their liberators.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Female_Dachau_Waving_s.jpg "Liberated female prisoners at Dachau wave to their liberators.")
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![[The entrance and the northern part of the "Bunker" (September 2007)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KZ_Dachau_The_Bunker_s.jpg "The entrance and the northern part of the \"Bunker\" (September 2007)")
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from FraKctured |
![[Triple bunks in the barracks]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_Barracks_Sleeping_s.jpg "Triple bunks in the barracks")
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![[Original crematorium (picture taken on October 2007)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Old_crem_s.jpg "Original crematorium (picture taken on October 2007)")
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from Jlechem |
![[New crematorium (picture taken on October 2007)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/New_crem_s.jpg "New crematorium (picture taken on October 2007)")
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![[American troops guard the main entrance to Dachau just after liberation]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KZDachau1945_s.jpg "American troops guard the main entrance to Dachau just after liberation")
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from Wikifreund |
![[The main gate at Dachau where prisoners walked through marked with the sentence Arbeit macht frei]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_003edit_s.jpg "The main gate at Dachau where prisoners walked through marked with the sentence Arbeit macht frei")
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![[The "Brausebad" ("Shower"), the infamous Dachau gas chamber]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KL_Dachau_Block_X_gas_chamber_s.jpg "The \"Brausebad\" (\"Shower\"), the infamous Dachau gas chamber")
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from user:Kwz |
![[Cheering crowds of liberated survivors]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Survivors_liberation_dachau_s.jpg "Cheering crowds of liberated survivors")
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![[Liberated Dachau camp prisoners cheer U.S. troops]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Prisoners_liberation_dachau_s.jpg "Liberated Dachau camp prisoners cheer U.S. troops")
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from Schaengel89 |
![[Memorial at the camp in 1997]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DachauMemorialJM_s.jpg "Memorial at the camp in 1997")
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![[American soldiers of the U]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_Hitler_Youth_16988_s.jpg "American soldiers of the U")
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from Stor_stark7 |
![[Prisoners' barracks in 1945]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Prisoner_27s_barracks_dachau_s.jpg "Prisoners' barracks in 1945")
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![[Memorial to the victims of Dachau (October 2007)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_Memorial_Multi_Language_Two_s.jpg "Memorial to the victims of Dachau (October 2007)")
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from Jlechem |
![[The Crematorium]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_Crematorium_s.jpg "The Crematorium")
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![[The camp courtyard]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_040_s.jpg "The camp courtyard")
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from Rheo1905 |
![[Moments after American soldiers executed SS troops in the coalyard at Dachau]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_execution_coalyard_1945_04_29_s.jpg "Moments after American soldiers executed SS troops in the coalyard at Dachau")
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![[Never again written in several languages]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_never_again_s.jpg "Never again written in several languages")
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 from Rheo1905 |
![[Marker where barracks building #9 stood (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_079_s.jpg "Marker where barracks building #9 stood (June 2005)")
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![[Prisoner toilets (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_128_s.jpg "Prisoner toilets (June 2005)")
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from Odcdtd45 |
from Odcdtd45 |
![[Prisoner sinks (June 2005)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/16JUN2005_Munich_126_s.jpg "Prisoner sinks (June 2005)")
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![[Bodies in the Dachau death train]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dead_corpses_in_train_dachau_s.jpg "Bodies in the Dachau death train")
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from Odcdtd45 |
from Schaengel89 |
![[The commemorative mass grave dedicated to the unknown dead at Dachau]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_015_s.jpg "The commemorative mass grave dedicated to the unknown dead at Dachau")
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![[Tablet dedicated to the 42nd Division]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dachau_002edit_s.jpg "Tablet dedicated to the 42nd Division")
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