Dachau was the concentration camp that was in operation the longest, from March 1933 to April 1945, nearly all twelve years of the Nazi regime. Dachau's close proximity to Munich, where Hitler came to power and where the Nazi Party had its official headquarters, made Dachau a …

Dachau opened in March 1933 as the first regular concentration camp of the Nazi regime. Its system became the model for all Nazi concentration camps.

2025年2月14日 · Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany, established on March 10, 1933, slightly more than five weeks after Adolf Hitler became chancellor. Built at the edge of the town of Dachau, about 12 miles north of Munich, it became the model and training center for all other SS-organized camps.

Numerous remains from the time of the concentration camp as well as specific places of remembrance are located on the grounds of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Here you can undertake a virtual tour in 20 stations on the grounds of the Memorial Site.

Discover expertly selected travel destinations, distinguished by their unique charm and quality. Dachau is a city with about 44,800 citizens in Upper Bavaria, Germany and has a history of more than 1,200 years, but best known for being the location of the very first Nazi concentration camp.

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The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is located in the Dachau East district. The address for the navigation system is: Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau. In the immediate surroundings, signs lead to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. You can find the directions in the map.

2025年2月12日 · The map shows key German concentration and death camps from 1941 to 1944, marked with red and black squares. It covers Nazi Germany and occupied territories, including present-day Poland and Austria. Major camps like Auschwitz (1940), Dachau (1933), Treblinka (1942), and Bergen-Belsen (1940) are labeled with their founding years.

Dachau is 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Munich. It is 483 meters above sea level by the river Amper, with a boundary demarcated by lateral moraines formed during the last ice age and the Amper glacial valley. It is also close to a large marshy area called Dachauer Moos.

The camp’s proximity to Munich, the Bavarian capital, dubbed by Nazis the Hauptstadt der Bewegung (Capital of the Movement), only underscores Dachau’s centrality to the history of National Socialism. To be sure, Dachau was not the world’s first concentration camp.