Dachau Concentration Camp | Station # 1 on Exhibit Tour | Operation 3/22/33 - 4/29/45

Located 10 miles northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria. Dachau became the first Nazi concentration camp. It had over 100 sub camps. It began operation on March 22, 1933 just weeks after Adolf Hitler became chancellor. The camp lasted a total of 12 years until American forces liberated the camp on April 29, 1945.