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Dachau Concentration Camp

Newest Review: ... 45,000 of those held there died at the camp. As the first of its kind the camp at Dachau became the Nazi's model for all future camps and for this reason it still stands today and has acted as a memorial for those who died there since 1965. It was because of this I decided it would be somewhere I was interested in visiting and paying my respects to those whom had died there. The camp itself is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 5pm and the grounds themselves are actually free to visit. My first attempt to visit the camp last year resulted in a long walk to a closed camp as we went on a Monday, not realising it wasn't open, so this is some... more

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Dachau Concentration Camp: A Memorial To A Past We Should Never Forget (1244 words)
by - written on 26/10/08 (Very useful, 343 readings)
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I've now been to Munich in September for the last 3 years and for the 2 previous to this year I'd wanted to visit the Dachau Concentration Camp. A lot of people had asked me why I would want to go somewhere like that and to be honest I never really had a proper answer. It was one of those trips I'd thought about my first time in Munich and while it was no doubt going to be a sobering trip, I felt that it would be hugely worthwhile. On this my third trip to Munich we finally made the trip, on a day the Centre was actually open, but more about that later. The town of Dachau is located about 20 kilometres North West of Munich and can easily be accessed by both ... Read the complete review

Never Again (2304 words)
by - written on 25/01/02 (Very useful, 1682 readings)
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Sitting on the S2 S-Bahn, heading west out of the Hauptbahnhof in Munich, there's an odd sense of mutual embarrassment. I clutch my Lonely Planet guide awkwardly, and am all too aware of the effort being made not to catch my eye by the man sitting opposite me. The fact is that any tourist travelling on the S2 out of Munich can only be going to one place - a place which has a terrifying and shocking past, but which is only a few hundred yards from a suburban residential area. So, there's a peculiar awkwardness to making the journey there. Locals are embarrassed by their area's history, and you feel embarrassed about your desire to see it. You start to ... Read the complete review

Dachau Concentration Camp: The world first Nazi Concentration Camp-Dahau, Munich (202 words)
by - written on 02/07/00 (Useful, 1734 readings)
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Dahau concentration camp was the first NAZI concentration camp in the world. It is situated at the outskirts of Munich. It takes about 30 min by train to get there. The camp is 15 minutes away from the train station. I went there in the year of 1999. To me, this was one of the most educational and beneficial trips in Europe. The site has been converted into an exhibition area, with some old settings of the camp still remain almost intact. It is free of charge. The "camp site" is exhibited to remind and educate people of the Nazism during the World War II. There is a short movie detailing all the killings and inhumane acts that had been conducted on the site ... Read the complete review