dachau concentration camp “arbeit macht frei” (work will set you free)

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                       

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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                       

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Dachau Concentration Camp“Arbeit Macht Frei”

(Work will set you free)