Photographs, negatives, and other material relating to the liberation of Dachau concentration camp, 1945.

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Photographs, negatives, and other material relating to the liberation of Dachau concentration camp, 1945.

Photographs, negatives, and slides of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

21 black and white photographs, 38 negatives, and 39 slides.

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Dachau (Concentration camp)

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The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the northeastern part of the town of Dachau in southern Germany. During the first year, the camp had a capacity of 5,000 prisoners. Initially the internees were primarily German Communists, Social Democrats, trade unionists, and other political opponents of the Nazi re...