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Dachau concentration camp is locted in upper bavaria, southern Germany. It's first purpose was to keep political prisoners in but as time proceeded, it started to kill people

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Was dachau an extermination camp?

During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.


Why is Dachau famous?

Dachau is known for being the first Nazi concentration camp, Located in Germany, it was established by Heinrich Himmler.


How did they treat the prisioners in dachau?

Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp, not an extermination camp. Its main purpose was a punishment and labour camp for political prisoners. Obviously, conditions there were bad, but it was not comparable to extermination camps like Treblinka. Most of the Jews at Dachau were there because of their politics. Wikipedia gives the death toll at Dachau and its sub-camps as about 35,000.


When was Dachau concentration camp created?

Dachau concentration camp was created in 1933.


Who created the dachau concentration camp?

Hitler designed Dachau concentration camp but it was the people who was going to be in it who built it.

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Where was the Germans first concentration camp located?

Dachau (outside of Munich, Germany)


Who was the camp Dachau named after?

Nobody. It was named after the place where it is located.


Was dachau an extermination camp?

During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.


Why is Dachau famous?

Dachau is known for being the first Nazi concentration camp, Located in Germany, it was established by Heinrich Himmler.


How did they treat the prisioners in dachau?

Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp, not an extermination camp. Its main purpose was a punishment and labour camp for political prisoners. Obviously, conditions there were bad, but it was not comparable to extermination camps like Treblinka. Most of the Jews at Dachau were there because of their politics. Wikipedia gives the death toll at Dachau and its sub-camps as about 35,000.


What was it like in dachau concentration camp?

Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp.


Was dachau a labor camp?

Dachau was a concentration/extermination camp in WWII.


What was the concentration camp in Dachau called?

It was called the Dachau concentration camp.


When was Dachau concentration camp created?

Dachau concentration camp was created in 1933.


When did the first Germans open the first concentration camp where was it located?

It was Hiltler who told them to do that.it was located at Dachau.


How long was the consentration camp Dachau running?

The camp at Dachau was operational for about twelve years.


What concentration camp was Pastor Niemoeller located in?

At first he was held in Sachsenhausen, then transferred to Dachau.