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    Dachau was the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany. It was established in March 1933 on the outskirts of Dachau (17 km from Munich). During the entire period of the camp existence, there were imprisoned 250 thousand people from 24 countries, about 70 thousand were brutally tortured or killed, 140 thousand transferred to other concentration camps, 30 thousand survived until liberation. It is known that in Dachau the prisoners were subjected to illegal "medical experiments." During the 2nd World War 1939-45 camp had about 125 branches and so-called external commands for military enterprises in Southern Germany and Austria. It Dachau, there was an underground organization of prisoners led by international committee, which started an uprising…

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    Dachau Concentration Camp

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    Dachau was the first concentration camp established by Nazi Germany in 1933. It was a labor camp designed to punish political prisoners and enemies of Adolf Hitler. Dachau was a model for how other concentration camps should operate under Nazi Germany. Through intense labor and strict regulations, prisoners were taught to obey authority. Dachau was created to enforce compliance with the Nazi regime. Unlike the death camps that focused on extermination, Dachau was a labor camp where the…

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    Dachau: the First Concentration Camp Dachau was a concentration camp located in an abandoned factory, near the town of Dachau. The camp contained groups of Jews who Hitler felt weren't good enough for Germany. Countless Jews died every day due to living in harsh conditions. Dachau opened on March 22, 1933. Dachau was a camp Hitler made to hold political prisoners. The political prisoners were Jews. Hitler had the idea to make this camp happen. He chose an area where no one would expect to find…

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    Dachau Dachau is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions near the medieval town of of Dachau. Bavaria which is located in Southern Germany, which opened on March 22,1933. Dachau was the first regular concentration camp established. Dachau served as a prototype and model for other Nazi concentration camps that followed. Almost every community in Germany had members taken away to these camps. From 1943, more than 100 subsidiary camps were built. Thousands were killed through forced…

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    During the holocaust over 11 million people died from the Nazis. In 1939 World War two started, but the holocaust started six years before in 1933 when Hitler took power. When Hitler took power, he convinced the people of Germany that Jewish people were the reason that they were in debt, and all their other problems that they had at this time from World War one. March 20, 1933 the first concentration camp, Dachau, opened. Some Jewish people went into hiding but it was not a big threat to them…

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    different concentration camps that Hitler used to put the jews in. But one that stands out is the Dachau concentration camp it stands out the most because it was the first concentration camp that Hitler built. There is also a lot of history on the weapons or strategies they used to kill the prisoners there and how much food did the prisoners get in a day. Another is how much people even survived, did the prisoners ever get treated when they were sick or injured? The Dachau concentration camp was…

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    This topic I find so effortlessly to discuss and yet so tough at the same time because the Second World War is a part of history I have always been so intrigued in learning about. Therefore trying to answer the question. How I reconcile the legacy of this particular war? Is difficult because my knowledge of War World II is constantly evolving and before my recent trip to Munich, Germany and the Dachau Concentration Camp my answer to this question would be wholly different. Before these sites, my…

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    spitting on him. Viktor sees how important the book is to Leisel and throws it into the river. Rudy doesn 't think twice before jumping into the freezing river. He saves the book and asks Liesel for a kiss. Liesel doesn 't have time to respond as he exits the water in what seems very hurt and gives her the book and keeps walking. That was the last time Rudy ever asks her for a kiss. The Nazis take notice in Rudy; they see his accommodation mentally and physically. They realize he 'd be great to…

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    Dachau Monologue

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    enough to heal our shared pain. However, I am writing to you to express the thoughts that have been consuming me; the ones I should have shared before I had to leave. Perhaps if we could have conveyed our feelings towards each other about the horrors we witnessed—the ones that occurred while we stood idly by—there would have been different results. Therefore, I’m going to elaborate on my experiences during the darkest time in our nation’s history. I was always fond of our cozy little farm,…

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    In 1933, Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor, which led him to adding many in concentration camps or death camps including in the camp "Dachau". The camp Dachau was the first concentration camp to open. When this camp opened for its 1st year it occupied around 4,800 prisoners or more. In Dachau, German physicians performed medical experiments on prisoners. While the experiments continued, prisoners also died for different reasons. As I said a lot of people died but a few survived this tragedy. Years…

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