Dachau Memorial Site

Click on any of the buttons below to see color photographs of the former Dachau Concentration Camp as it looks today, as well as black and white photographs of the way it looked in the past. Click here to read Text about all the topics on this web site without downloading any of the photograhs, although there are links from the Text to numerous photographs. Click here to order books about the Holocaust, including the books used as sources for informtion on this web site.

Memorials Three Christian Memorial Chapels have been erected on the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau to honor the Catholic, Protestant and Russian Orthodox political prisoners who died in the camp, and a Jewish Memorial has been built there in honor of the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust.

Monuments An International Monument on the grounds of the former Dachau concentration camp honors all the victims who died at the camp, and smaller monuments have been erected in memory of the Jews who died in the Holocaust and the Unknown Prisoner of the Dachau concentration camp.

Tour of Camp The former Dachau concentration camp is open to visitors who can see the "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate, the gas chamber built to murder the Jews, two reconstructed barrack buildings, the Museum and the central square where daily roll call was held.

Liberation Two memorial plaques have been placed at the former Dachau concentration camp to honor the American liberators and visitors to the Museum can see U.S. Army photos of the Allied liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in April 1945.

Victims In the Dachau Museum there are many haunting photographs of the dead victims found by the American soldiers who liberated the camp, as well as photographs of the prisoners who died as a result of the barbaric medical experiments performed on them by the Nazi doctors.

Survivors Visitors to the Dachau Museum can also see photographs of the prisoners who lived through the horror of the Dachau concentration camp. One survivor still visits the camp to talk with tourists.

Town of Dachau Dachau is a charming town near Munich in southern Germany. It was formerly an artist's colony and the site of a World War I munitions plant which was converted into the infamous Dachau concentration camp in March 1933.

Museum Guidebook The Museum at the former Dachau concentration camp has an extensive collection of Holocaust photographs and a few artifacts from the Nazi era. An official guidebook gives information about the camp during the 12 years that it was in existence between 1933 and 1945.

[Home] [Memorials] [Monuments] [Tour of Camp] [Liberation] [Victims] [Survivors] [Dachau] [Museum Guidebook] [Text] [Books]

Memorials	Three Christian Memorial Chapels have been erected on the grounds of the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau to honor the Catholic, Protestant and Russian Orthodox political prisoners who died in the camp, and a Jewish Memorial has been built there in honor of the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust.
Monuments	An International Monument on the grounds of the former Dachau concentration camp honors all the victims who died at the camp, and smaller monuments have been erected in memory of the Jews who died in the Holocaust and the Unknown Prisoner of the Dachau concentration camp.
Tour of Camp	The former Dachau concentration camp is open to visitors who can see the "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate, the gas chamber built to murder the Jews, two reconstructed barrack buildings, the Museum and the central square where daily roll call was held.
Liberation	Two memorial plaques have been placed at the former Dachau concentration camp to honor the American liberators and visitors to the Museum can see U.S. Army photos of the Allied liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in April 1945.
Victims	In the Dachau Museum there are many haunting photographs of the dead victims found by the American soldiers who liberated the camp, as well as photographs of the prisoners who died as a result of the barbaric medical experiments performed on them by the Nazi doctors.
Survivors	Visitors to the Dachau Museum can also see photographs of the prisoners who lived through the horror of the Dachau concentration camp. One survivor still visits the camp to talk with tourists.
Town of Dachau	Dachau is a charming town near Munich in southern Germany. It was formerly an artist's colony and the site of a World War I munitions plant which was converted into the infamous Dachau concentration camp in March 1933.
Museum Guidebook	The Museum at the former Dachau concentration camp has an extensive collection of Holocaust photographs and a few artifacts from the Nazi era. An official guidebook gives information about the camp during the 12 years that it was in existence between 1933 and 1945.