Dachau Concentration Camp

On 22 March 1933, Dachau Concentration Camp was established for political prisoners. Thousands upon thousands of people were murdered here. On 29 April 1945, the Americans liberated the survivors of the camp. Many died of the tortuous experiments performed on them. One of the stories told of men who begged to drink the dirty water left over from the moping of the floor because the Third Reich had been performing an experiement on what happens when people are deprived of water. I don't show the pictures of the emaciated people who lived and died at the camp, but the atrocities that took place here must never be forgotten.

It was a very sobering visit for us, but Eric and I thought it was necessary for our children to understand history, so that hopefully it does not repeat itself........

This is the gate into the prison camp that all prisoners entered through.

The sign reads: "Work sets you free"

These are the foundations for the buildings where the prisoners stayed.

This is one of the furnaces in the crematorium.

Another furnace.

In the camps the buildings were built by the Jewish people. There was no urgency to complete the task because once they are finished they are killed; thus the numerous nails nailed in the same place.

This is one of the gas chambers.

This is where the gas was fed through. On the ceiling is the last remaining shower head. All the rest were stolen.

This is the stone that sits in front of the crematorium.

Tasha wanted to take a rock from the site with her and just about tripped in the process. :)

This is Tasha and I listening to our "guided tour" in the courtyard of the camp.

Inside one of the bunk houses where the prisoners stayed.

Here is Eric and Tasha reading about the processing of prisoners. Along the back wall there is one of the original desks where prisoners paperwork was processed and the writing on the back wall reads: "Smoking Forbidden"

Some of the propaganda posters.