Dachau
Bavarian concentration camp
Dachau is a town in Bavaria, Germany, infamous as the site of the first Nazi concentration camp, established in 1933.
The camp became a model for the concentration camp system and a training ground for SS officers.
Over 40,000 prisoners died there before its liberation in 1945.
The name now stands as shorthand for Nazi atrocities: the horrors of Dachau.
Nazi genocide of Jews
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- liberationRelease from constraint
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
crematorium · memorial · atrocities · genocide · survivors · gas chamber · forced labor · death camp
Southeastern German state
- MunichBavaria's largest city
- GermanyCentral European nation
- municipalityLocal governing district
- old townCity's preserved original section
residents · suburb · railway · churches · marketplace · castle · district · population
Public exhibit space
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- educationSystematic development of mind
- visitorsPeople who come temporarily
- exhibitsDisplays for viewing
documentation · preservation · testimony · commemoration · guided tours · historical site · archive · photographs
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- prisonersIncarcerated individuals
- liberationRelease from constraint
barracks · crematorium · memorial · atrocities · genocide · survivors · gas chamber · forced labor · death camp · persecution
Bavaria
Southeastern German state
- MunichBavaria's largest city
- GermanyCentral European nation
- municipalityLocal governing district
old town · residents · suburb · railway · churches · marketplace · castle · district · population · commuters
museum
Public exhibit space
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- educationSystematic development of mind
- visitorsPeople who come temporarily
exhibits · documentation · preservation · testimony · commemoration · guided tours · historical site · archive · photographs · artifacts
- HolocaustHolocaust, Auschwitz, concentration camps, Holocaust survivors, gas chambers
- Nazi GermanyAdolf Hitler, Hitler, Nazi, Nazis, Nazi Party
- BavariaMunich, Bavaria, Nuremberg, Regensburg, lederhosen
- dark tourismdark tourism, Auschwitz, Chernobyl, concentration camps, death camps
- Disaster SitesChernobyl, Pompeii, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Fukushima
- war memorialswar memorial, war monuments, war memorials, military cemeteries, veterans memorials
Dachausanctuary
Protected sacred space
holy ground · Eden · paradise · heaven · sacred ground
Dachauhospital
Medical treatment facility
hospice · rehabilitation center · orphanage · shelter · soup kitchen