Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Dashau Prison Camp

I was marveled by the size of the concentration camp. It was huge and most of the grounds were closed because we got there late in the day (spending most of the day at the BMW factory). We only saw the entrance to the camp, gates, main hall, barracks and churches. And just that took several hours. The guided tour is 5 hours long!!!!! HOLY MOLY!
We saw the area directly above the date (nothing to the upper left)


This is a photo of the front gate that says "work makes (you) free".

The entrance, bath house, kitchen and maintenance facility. It is now a Museum.


Prisoners turned over their belongings and then sent to the bath house.






This place was very interesting to tour, but at the same time brought to life the very harsh reality of being a prisoner here. The camp was huge and intimidating, and made you feel how alone and helpless the prisoners really were. This was a sobering view into a very sad time in history, but was a must see and comes highly recommeded if you are ever in Munich.



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