The History of Dachau
To conquer a nation, First Disarm its citizens. Was one of many of hitler's statements he was trying to make perfect world. His whole idea of the concentration camps was to disarm the citizens to make him more in control so no one can put him out of control. He had the power that no one had so they couldn't take him out of charge.
The concentration camp Dachau was built for a few reasons. The first reason was for a experiment camp for the disease that was killing germans. In 1936 there was a new camp sachsenhausen was built to replace the (Wild Camp.) In 1942 the construction of the barracks was built for the prisoners. Eicke Plaza which was a formal gardener in front of the main …show more content…
Other prisoners who died in the early days of the camp were Dr. Rudolf Benario, Fritz Dressel, Sepp Götz, Ernst Goldmann, Arthur Kahn, and Erwin Kahn. Karl Lehrburger and Wilhelm Aron, both Jewish, also died as a result of harsh treatment in the Dachau camp. Herbert Hunglinge committed suicide to escape the unbearable conditions in the camp.(“Establishment of dachau”) Though mass gassings did not take place at Dachau, some 41,500 people lost their lives within its walls, including thousands of Soviet prisoners of war shot to death just outside the camp gates. Advancing American troops liberated the camp on April 29, 1945.Today, the memorial includes an extensive museum documenting the degradations of life in Dachau and the horrors of the Holocaust. Behind the exhibition hall, in what used to be the camp's administration building, is the low structure housing the isolation cells, one of which was occupied by would-be Hitler assassin Georg Elser.(“History of
To conquer a nation, First Disarm its citizens. Was one of many of hitler's statements he was trying to make perfect world. His whole idea of the concentration camps was to disarm the citizens to make him more in control so no one can put him out of control. He had the power that no one had so they couldn't take him out of charge.
The concentration camp Dachau was built for a few reasons. The first reason was for a experiment camp for the disease that was killing germans. In 1936 there was a new camp sachsenhausen was built to replace the (Wild Camp.) In 1942 the construction of the barracks was built for the prisoners. Eicke Plaza which was a formal gardener in front of the main …show more content…
Other prisoners who died in the early days of the camp were Dr. Rudolf Benario, Fritz Dressel, Sepp Götz, Ernst Goldmann, Arthur Kahn, and Erwin Kahn. Karl Lehrburger and Wilhelm Aron, both Jewish, also died as a result of harsh treatment in the Dachau camp. Herbert Hunglinge committed suicide to escape the unbearable conditions in the camp.(“Establishment of dachau”) Though mass gassings did not take place at Dachau, some 41,500 people lost their lives within its walls, including thousands of Soviet prisoners of war shot to death just outside the camp gates. Advancing American troops liberated the camp on April 29, 1945.Today, the memorial includes an extensive museum documenting the degradations of life in Dachau and the horrors of the Holocaust. Behind the exhibition hall, in what used to be the camp's administration building, is the low structure housing the isolation cells, one of which was occupied by would-be Hitler assassin Georg Elser.(“History of