dachau concentration camp “arbeit macht frei” (work will set you free)
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Dachau Concentration Camp“Arbeit Macht Frei”
(Work will set you free)
1.History of Dachau:1933-1945Liberation of PrisonersMemorial 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
DachauDachau
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
History of DachauHistory of Dachau
“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
LiberationLiberation
People Held CaptivePeople Held CaptivePoliticians:
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–
Layout of CampLayout of CampFront Gate/ Work Building:
Prisoners entranceRoll call in courtyardPrisoners Work Space
Sleeping Barracks:34 barracks originally Accommodated 200 prisonersTorn down in 1964
“Krematorium”/ Ash Gardens:Deaths took place here 2 crematoriums builtAshes of deceased buried
1.History of Dachau:1933-1945Liberation of PrisonersMemorial 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
DachauDachau
Dachau Concentration Camp“Arbeit Macht Frei”
(Work will set you free)