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“Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work will set you free). Dachau Concentration Camp. Dachau. History of Dachau: 1933-1945 Liberation of Prisoners Memorial of Dachau People Held Captive: Politicians and Clergymen Jews and Christians Layout of Camp: Front Gate/ Work Building Sleeping Barracks
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“Arbeit Macht Frei”(Work will set you free) • Dachau Concentration Camp
Dachau • History of Dachau: • 1933-1945 • Liberation of Prisoners • Memorial of Dachau • People Held Captive: • Politicians and Clergymen • Jews and Christians • Layout of Camp: • Front Gate/ Work Building • Sleeping Barracks • “Krematorium”/ Ash Gardens
History of Dachau • 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
Liberation • “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
Politicians: 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 People Held Captive
Front Gate/ Work Building: Prisoners entrance Roll call in courtyard Prisoners Work Space Sleeping Barracks: 34 barracks originally Accommodated 200 prisoners Torn down in 1964 “Krematorium”/ Ash Gardens: Deaths took place here 2 crematoriums built Ashes of deceased buried Layout of Camp
Dachau • History of Dachau: • 1933-1945 • Liberation of Prisoners • Memorial of Dachau • People Held Captive: • Politicians and Clergymen • Jews and Christians • Layout of Camp: • Front Gate/ Work Building • Sleeping Barracks • “Krematorium”/ Ash Gardens
“Arbeit Macht Frei”(Work will set you free) • Dachau Concentration Camp