Dachau Concentration Camp
“Arbeit Macht Frei”
(Work will set you free)
Dachau
1. History of Dachau:
1933-1945
Liberation of Prisoners
Memorial of Dachau
2. People Held Captive:
Politicians and Clergymen
Jews and Christians
3. Layout of Camp:
Front Gate/ Work Building
Sleeping Barracks
“Krematorium”/ Ash Gardens
History of Dachau
1933-1945:
First Prison Camp Under Hitler
Over 200,000 Prisoners Held Captive
Liberation of Prisoners:
Freedom Day April 29, 1945
SS flee from American Troops
American Troops take over Dachau
Memorial of Dachau:
Turned into Memorial in 1965
New History Exhibition in 2003
New example of Barracks built
Liberation
“The day is over, this April 29, 1945. I will
celebrate it for the rest of my life as my
second birthday, as the day that gifted me
life anew.”
--Edgar Kupfer- Koberwitz, Dachauer Tagebucher, S.499
People Held Captive
Politicians:
Politicians first prisoners
Different political opinions
Jews:
1st Jewish prisoners to Dachau
“Night of the Broken Glass”
Clergymen:
Clergymen’s special barracks
1,034 died inside camp
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Layout of Camp
Front Gate/ Work Building:
Prisoners entrance
Roll call in courtyard
Prisoners Work Space
Sleeping Barracks:
34 barracks originally
Accommodated 200 prisoners
Torn down in 1964
“Krematorium”/ Ash Gardens:
Deaths took place here
2 crematoriums built
Ashes of deceased buried
Dachau
1. History of Dachau:
1933-1945
Liberation of Prisoners
Memorial of Dachau
2. People Held Captive:
Politicians and Clergymen
Jews and Christians
3. Layout of Camp:
Front Gate/ Work Building
Sleeping Barracks
“Krematorium”/ Ash Gardens
Dachau Concentration Camp
“Arbeit Macht Frei”
(Work will set you free)