Frequently Asked Questions about Dachau
History of Dachau
Dachau Guidebook by Barbara Distel
Death Statistics
War Crimes Enclosure No. 1
Dachau Concentration Camp
Map of Dachau Camp
Aerial View of Dachau Camp
Aerial view of Dachau complex
The Dachau Story, as told to Tourists
“Arbeit Macht Frei” Gate House
Bunker (camp prison)
Medical Experiments at Dachau
Prisoners’ Barracks
Old photos of Barracks
Old barracks buildings at Dachau
Daily Life in the Dachau Camp
Jews in the Dachau Camp
Catholic priests in the Dachau Camp
Babies at Dachau
Commandants of Dachau
Dachaulied (the Dachau song)
Classification of Prisoners
Badges worn by Dachau prisoners
Crematoria Area
Old Crematorium
New Crematorium
Crematory Ovens
Statue of Unknown Prisoner by Fritz Koelle
Graves of thousands of unknown
Pistol range for executions
Disinfection Chambers
Gas input device in Disinfection Chamber
Photo of US soldier and Gas Chamber door
American soldiers inspect disinfection chambers
Original Disinfection Chamber
Dachau Gas Chambers
Interior of the Gas Chamber
Interior doors of the Gas Chamber
Photo of gas pipes and control wheels
Interior walls of the gas chamber
Shower heads and ceiling vents
Light fixtures in the Gas Chamber
Photo of German air raid shelter door
Eyewitness Descriptions of the Gas Chamber
Exterior of the Gas Chamber
Openings on the outside wall of the Gas Chamber
Vent on the roof over the Gas Chamber
Wooden screen hiding the outside wall of Gas Chamber
Photo of US Congressmen in the Gas Chamber
Testimony about the Gas Chamber
Letter from Dr. Sigmund Rascher to Heinrich Himmler
Statement of Dr. Martin Broszat regarding Gas Chambers
No mention of gas chamber at Dachau trial
Leuchter Report – illustrated with photographs
Testimony of Dr. Franciszek Blaha regarding Gas Chamber
The Liberation of Dachau
Liberation Day
Jewish prisoners marched out of Dachau
Background – the days just before liberation
Which Division Liberated Dachau?
Liberation claims by Japanese soldiers
Liberation claims by African American soldiers
Who entered the Dachau camp first?
First Jewish rabbi to enter Dachau
Frank Burns’ account of the liberation
Surrender of the Dachau camp
SS 2nd Lt. Heinrich Wicker
The Death Train
The 42nd Rainbow Division
The 45th Thunderbird Division
Execution of German SS Soldiers
The Killing of the guards in Tower B
Col. Howard A. Buechner’s account
Testimony of Hans Linberger
Liberation of Allach sub-camp
Liberation of Ampfing sub-camp
Liberation of Kaufering IV sub-camp
Media Coverage of Dachau Liberation
Howard Cowan’s Account of Dachau Liberation
Marguerite Higgins’ Account of Dachau Liberaton
42nd Division Newsletter 1 May 1945
Aftermath of the Liberation of Dachau
40th Combat Engineer Regiment
Body of Lt. Heinrich Wicker
Bringing the typhus epidemic under control
Dachau residents feed the inmates
Dachau Memorial Site
Catholic Church of Mortal Agony of Christ
Catholic Carmelite Convent
Russian Orthodox Church
Protestant Church of Reconciliation
Jewish Memorial Building
International Monument
Dachau Museum
Dachau Museum – 1998
Dachau Museum 1965 – 2002
SS-Übungslager (Training Camp)
History of the SS
Avenue of the SS
Gates into Dachau complex
Preserved section of railroad track
The Other Dachau
Introduction
Tour of Historic Places in town of Dachau
List of Historic Places with links to Tour
Old Castle in town of Dachau
New Art Gallery in historic building
Ludwig Thoma – famous resident of Dachau
History of the Nazi take-over in Dachau
Location of Dachau town gates
Fountain designed by Ignatius Taschner
Leitenberg – location of mass graves
Italian Memorial Chapel at Leitenberg
Waldfriedhof – location of individual graves
Paintings by Dachau Artists
The Dachau Trials
Introduction
The Malmedy Massacre trial
Trial of Martin Gottfried Weiss
Trial of Ilse Koch (human lamp shades)
Trial of 31 accused from Buchenwald
Trial of Mauthausen Camp staff
Gustav Petrat’s accusations of torture
Trial of Gustave Petrat
Trial of Rudolf Merkel
Trial of Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling
Trial of Alex Piorkowski
Trial of Hans Merbach – Death Train
Trial of Erhart Brauny for Gardelegen massacre
Spanish Kapos at Mauthausen concentration camp