Directory of Dachau Resources

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Dachau was a Nazi German concentration camp near the city of Dachau. It was located north of Munich, in southern Germany. It was constructed in a former gunpowder factory. Construction of Dacha was completed on March 21, 1933. On April 29, 1945, Dachau was freed by the United States Army. For many years after its liberation, it was used as a residence for refugees.

Resources in This Category

• Dacha and its Liberation

  http://remember.org/witness/sparks2
  A personal account by Felix L. Sparks.

• Dachau Concentration Camp

  http://www.photo.net/travel/bp/dachau.html
  Contains a photo essay of a trip to Dachau, with reader comments.

• Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial

  http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/
  Describes the museum, archive and library, and features a multimedia virtual tour. Also includes information about education courses and special exhibitions. [English and German]

• Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

  http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/dachau.htm
  Contains a large list of personal accounts of visiting the camp, photographs, and essays.

• Dachau Liberation

  http://remember.org/witness/dachlib
  Personal account of Chuck Ferree, a liberator of the camp.

• Dachau Memorial Site

  http://www.scrapbookpages.com/DachauScrapbook/
  Contains monuments, a tour of the camp, and photos of victims, survivors and the liberation.

• Dachau, May Day, 1945

  http://www.evesmag.com/dachau.htm
  Contains an account by journalist Don Rodda, an American GI who helped liberate the camp.

• Dachau: A Reading for Two Voices

  http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/plays/Dachau.htm
  Contains the story of Ronald John Vierling, his story of visiting Dachau, and his conversation with a former captive.

• Dachau: Principal Distinguishing Badges Worn by Prisoners

  http://ddickerson.igc.org/dachau-badges.html
  A listing of all the badges with images.

• Jewish Virtual Library: Dachau

  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/dachautoc.html
  Information on prisoner experiments, photographs, plus a list of guards prosecuted during the Dachau trial with their punishment.

• Sherman Alexie - Inside Dachau

  http://www.bpj.org/poems/alexie_dachau.html
  Offers poems about a personal visit to the site.

• Testimony Excerpts - Christa M.

  http://www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/excerpts/christam.html
  A witness describes prisoners from Dachau in video and audio formats.

• The History Place: The Early Days of Dachau

  http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/dach-early.htm
  Details the conditions of life at an early concentration camp.

• The Nizkor Project: Dachau

  http://www.nizkor.org/hweb/camps/dachau/
  Contains reports and letters about the medical experiments done at the camp.

• Wikipedia: Dachau Concentration Camp

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp
  Contains a brief history of the camp, plus a list of famous prisoners.

• Z.B.Dachau

  http://zbdachau.de/
  A group investigating the contemporary history of Dachau. Contains history, camp personnel, and hints for visiting. Also available in German and Spanish.

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