Dachau Memorial SiteAbout 10 miles (16km) to the northwest of Munich on the
Stuttgart Autobahn is the town of Dachau, once a quiet artists'
community that became the site of the first notorious Nazi 'death
camp', where thousands of perceived enemies of the Third Reich were
imprisoned, starved, and killed between 1933 and 1945. The camp has
now been turned into a memorial museum to the prisoners (67,000
were liberated alive by the US Army on April 28, 1945). The museum
contains three memorial chapels. The Lagerstrasse, the main camp
road, still exists lined with poplar trees but only two of the
original 32 barracks that lined it remain, having been rebuilt to
illustrate the conditions endured by the prisoners. The original
kitchen, laundry and shower block is now a museum containing
exhibits, photographs and documents depicting the persecution of
Jews and other prisoners. The memorial is a sobering experience,
and may not be suitable for very young children.
Address: Alte Römerstra�e 75, Dachau
Website: www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de
Telephone: (0)8131 66 99 7
Transportation: From Dachau train station take bus 726 to the main
entrance of the Memorial Site. S2 train from Munich
Opening Time: Tuesday to Sunday 9am-5pm. An English version of a
documentary film, 'KZ-Dachau' is screened at 11:30am, 2pm and
3:30pm.
Admission: Free |
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