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KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau

Address: Alte Römerstr. 75, Dachau
Phone: 08131/669-970
www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial

Category: Memorials/Monuments
Location: Dachau

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Fodor's Review:

The site of the infamous camp, now the KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau (Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial), is just outside town. Photographs, contemporary documents, the few remaining cell blocks, and the grim crematorium create a somber and moving picture of the camp, where more than 30,000 of the 200,000-plus prisoners lost their lives. A documentary film in English is shown daily at 11:30 and 3:30. The former camp has become more than just a grisly memorial: it's now a place where people of all nations meet to reflect upon the past and on the present. Several religious shrines and memorials have been built to honor the dead, who came from Germany and all occupied nations. By public transport take the S-2 from Marienplatz or Hauptbahnhof in the direction of Petershausen, and get off at Dachau. From there, take the clearly marked bus from right outside the Dachau S-bahn station (it leaves about every 20 minutes). If you are driving from Munich, take the autobahn toward Stuttgart, get off at Dachau, and follow the signs.

Cost: Free, 2-hr guided tour EUR 3
Open: Tues.-Sun. 9-5. Tours May-Oct., Tues.-Fri. at 1:30, weekends at noon and 1:30; Nov.-Apr., Thurs. and weekends at 1:30

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