Dachau Concentration Camp

This past weekend I went to Munich and visited the Dachau concentration camp. Rather than try to explain this kind of experience with writing I thought it would be more beneficial to show it through pictures. (Also, these pictures will work quite well for my photo essay assignment.

Some background information on Dachau found at the entrance of the camp: "Dachau was one of the first concentration camps and the only camp to have existed throughout the entire twelve years of Nazi rule. In the early years it was the largest and most well-known concentration camp. The name "Dachau" soon spread fear and terror throughout Germany."

"Arbeit Macht Frei": Work Will Set You Free


The entrance of Dachau with the rod iron doors from the inside of the camp.


An overview of Dachau concentration camp.


The long row of trees that shaded up to 30,000 prisoners at full capacity.



A student catches a picture from inside one of the bunkhouses for the prisoners. Outside of the window shows has rocks outlining a rectangular shaped area which symbolizes all of the bunkhouses that used to be there.



The Nazi soldiers quarters and mess hall.



The statue in front of the soldier's mess hall representing the barbed wire and the prisoners intertwined within each other.



Mike and Anna during the documentary of the Holocaust capturing Hitler during a speech to the country.



A view from the barbed wire, which surrounded the entire camp as just one of the many ways to keep the captives in.



Ali sheds a tear, overwhelmed with how much sadness the camp still holds.



"There is a light at the end of the tunnel, no one is going to forget this," said Houston as we discussed what we felt after viewing the camp. This light comes from the opening from the top of the Jewish Memorial site.



"May the example of those who were exterminated here between 1933-1945 because they resisted Nazism help to unite the living for the defense of peace and freedom and in respect for their fellow men," reads the stone wall as you leave the concentration camp.



The star of David. Despite everything Jewish people have gone through, they have overcome the obstacles and started life anew.