Dachau concentration camp
Dachau concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager (KZ) Dachau, IPA: [ˈdaxaʊ]) wis the first o the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany, intendit tae hauld poleetical prisoners.
| Dachau | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
 American truips guardin the main entrance tae Dachau juist efter liberation, 1945 | |
  Location o Dachau in Upper Bavarie | |
| Coordinates | 48°16′12″N 11°28′06″E / 48.2699°N 11.4683°ECoordinates: 48°16′12″N 11°28′06″E / 48.2699°N 11.4683°E |
| Location | Upper Bavarie, Soothren Germany |
| Operatit bi | German Schutzstaffel (SS), U.S. Airmy (as internment camp efter Warld War II) |
| Oreeginal uise | Poleetical prison |
| Operational | 1933–1945 |
| Inmates | Poles, Roushies, Ukrainians, French, Yugoslavs, Czechs, Germans, Austricks, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, Gypsies[1] |
| Nummer o inmates | ower 188,000 (estimatit)[2] |
| Killed | 31,951 (reportit) |
| Liberatit bi | Unitit States, 29 Aprile 1945 |
| Wabsteid | Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Steid |
References
eedit- ↑ "Dachau – 7th Army Official Report, May 1945". TankDestroyer.net. Mey 1945. Archived frae the original on 30 Januar 2016. Retrieved 30 Januar 2016.
- ↑ "Holocaust Encyclopedia – Dachau". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC. Retrieved 30 Januar 2016.