The crematorium. 3 bodies at a time were put into the ovens. When the U.S troops liberated Dachau there was a pile of 92 bodies laying outside the crematorium. The U.S soldiers made the citizens of Dachau city come look at the bodies and all the horrors that had been happening right in their backyard.
The bunk beds that housed prisoners. During the last years of the war as many as 6 prisoners were crowded into a bunk laying feet to head.
The yards around the bunkers.
The bunker known for it’s brutal treatment of prisoners, most of them political prisoners captured by Nazis starting in 1933 when many political figures spoke out against Hitler and his regime. The SS guards would disguise their brutality by making the deaths of political prisoners look like suicides.
Bunkers at Dachau.
Gas chamber at Dachau.
Today we went to Dachau concentration camp. It 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 22 March 1933, it was the first regular concentration camp established by the coalition government of the National Socialist Party (Nazi Party) and the German Nationalist People’s Party (dissolved on 6 July 1933). Heinrich Himmler, then Chief of Police of Munich, officially described the camp as “the first concentration camp for political prisoners.”
Marinated artichokes hearts from Viktualienmarkt. Only 2 euro for 5.
Guten tag! We made it to Munich, Germany Thursday evening. Our hosts are a wonderful couple with a cuddly dobberman named Spike. Munich has been great! We got some good shopping in (many cheap deals) and we walked around enjoying the sights. Yesterday we caught the clock tower at noon and saw the figures move around.
