80 Years Later: A visit to Dachau Concentration Camp with the grandson of a Nazi war criminal Knoxville Daily Sun, March 2013
Most prisoners entered Dachau Concentration Camp through this gate under the sign “Arbeit macht frei” (work makes one free).
Area just beyond the main gate
Dachau Concentration Camp was surrounded by barbed wire fencing.
A stream runs through Dachau Concentration Camp.
This is a replica of the prisoners' beds.
Prisoners names were placed in a register as they entered Dachau. Munich Jews were the first to be sent to Dachau concentration camp following the "Night of Broken Glass". There were over 11,000 of them packed together in just a few barracks.
If prisoners walked past this point at Dachau Concentration Camp, they were in the execution range.
This is the grave of thousands of prisoners executed at Dachau.
Painter and graphic artist David Ludwig Bloch was imprisoned at Dachau. Two years later he was able to migrate to Shanghai where he painted this picture.
This was the first crematorium at Dachau Concentration Camp. After just over one year it was functioning beyond capacity. A new and larger crematorium was built.
Bullet holes are visible in the wall where prisoners attempted to escape the prison camp.
Prisoners were told this was a shower room. After entering, they were executed by gas. Steel doors enclosed the open end of the room visible in this image.
Many prisoners were made to lean over a wooden trestle and then beaten with a bull whip by SS men.