Photographs and slide of Dachau concentration camp, 1945 and 1951.

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Photographs and slide of Dachau concentration camp, 1945 and 1951.

6 black and white photographs and 1 slide.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7007412

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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...