Dachau visit - Current Photos (spring 2017)

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Was in Munich last week. While primarily a family vacation including my wife, boys and sister-in-law (who met up with us from the other side of the globe), I did get my one "ask" which was for everyone to see Dachau.

Anyway, while I don't have much new to add about the history of camp itself and I'm sure this has already been covered by others I did take a few hundred photos. Here are a few for those of you who have not been there....

Entrance and Outside looking in:














Main Gate











Prisoner Barracks





















The Fortifications:
















Prisoner Processing Hall

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Crematorium



Entrance



Original Building





New Building to handle increased volumes

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Detention/Prison Center (Behind Central Processing Hall)

This is where prisoners were held for interrogation/torture.

[carpediem]

Thanks for sharing those images. A place of such sorrow and misery.

[Alexander]

My father was stationed in Germany and we, as a family, visited here on our way back from a vacation at the alpine AFRC at Berchtesgaden. Still looks much like I recall the place. Is the museum still there? It was in the gatehouse when we visited and had large photos on display which were pretty disturbing. It was an interesting vacation for me, seeing the Obersalzberg, and doing things like the General Walker bunker tour there, and seeing the camp at Dachau.

[Pauls1970]

Thank you for posting this MAP, I intend to visit this camp & a lot of other places one day.
Regards
Paul

[CBH]

Thanks for sharing your photos.

I hope you had a nice vacation.

[CampX]

Thank You for the Photos, I will be over in France, Belgium and the NL, hope to have time to drive to one of the closer KZ's

Dean O
Canada

[MAP]

My father was stationed in Germany and we, as a family, visited here on our way back from a vacation at the alpine AFRC at Berchtesgaden. Still looks much like I recall the place. Is the museum still there? It was in the gatehouse when we visited and had large photos on display which were pretty disturbing. It was an interesting vacation for me, seeing the Obersalzberg, and doing things like the General Walker bunker tour there, and seeing the camp at Dachau.

The museum is now in the large Processing hall. It is quite large and informative. TBH I was expecting something much more disturbing and prepped my two boys (12 & 14). But it was all very well done. I guess I was expecting something more like Auschwitz but Dachau was not truly a "death camp". Either way, it was sobering.

Thank you for posting this MAP, I intend to visit this camp & a lot of other places one day.
Regards
Paul

I highly recommend it. An important part of history.

Thank You for the Photos, I will be over in France, Belgium and the NL, hope to have time to drive to one of the closer KZ's

Dean O
Canada

Do it!

Thanks for sharing your photos.

I hope you had a nice vacation.

Vacation was excellent. Some brighter highlights......

[buellmeister]

Thanks you for sharing your experience!