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Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
The memorial at the first Nazi concentration camp, opened in 1933, a short train ride from Munich.
- Open
- Every day except December 24
- Price
- Free; paid for guided tours and audio guides
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Pater-Roth-Strasse 2A, 85221 DachauDirections
- Getting There
- S-Bahn S2 to Dachau, then bus 726 to the memorial, about 45 minutes in all.
Why Go
More than 200,000 people were held at Dachau, and tens of thousands died. Visitors walk through the gate inscribed Arbeit macht frei to the roll-call square, rebuilt barracks, the crematorium and a museum.
It's a sobering, essential visit.
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