Dachau papers, 1945.

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Dachau papers, 1945.

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Photocopies of materials pertaining to World War II's Dachau concentration camp from the files of Reilly, a U.S. Army captain briefly in charge of preparing the Dachau cases for war crime trials. Included is a memorandum by Reilly, photographs and clippings about the camp, and an outline of procedure for war crime trials. Photograph copies show scenes at Dachau, Landsberg Prison, and Stalag #4 Concentration Camp.

0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and5 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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...

Reilly, John E., Jr.

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