Dachau was "opened" on March 22, 1933 when about 150 political prisoners were moved there from other prisons in the area. The SS moved in April and the next day the first prisoners were murdered.
Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany, located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 miles) northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria which is located in southern Germany.
Opened in March 1933 until April 1945.
Dachau began in 1933 and was liberated in 1945 by the U.S.
March 22, 1933
For more information see - http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/index-e.html
Dachau Concentration Camp was closed when it was liberated by the US on April 29th 1945.
Munich.
After Dachau was created in 2001.
There were 40,500 deaths at Dachau.
During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.
Dachau is nearly 16 kilometers (9.9 miles) from Munich.
Because, it was liberated by the Allies.
Munich.
The most common form of transport to Dachau was by railway. Though as it was so close to metropolitan Germany, there was a greater proportion of travel by road than most other camps.
Dachau was run by the SS.
After Dachau was created in 2001.
Auschwitz. It was the most efficient of the killing factories. A close second was Dachau. See the link..
There were 40,500 deaths at Dachau.
During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.
Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp.
Dachau was a punishment and hard labour concentration camp.
Dachau was a concentration/extermination camp in WWII.
The size of the town of Dachau is 13.46 SQ Miles.