Why was the Dachau concentration camp built?

Answer 1

It was established in March 1933, mainly for Communists and Social Democrats.

(If the question relates to the site and the buildings before they became a concentration camp, the answer is that they were a disused armaments factory).

Answer 2

Originally, the Nazis set up concentration camps in March 1933 to terrorize political opponents. The extermination camps ('death camps') for Jews and 'gypsies' were a later developmen (1941-42).

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Answer 3

Originally, the Nazi concentration camps were used mainly for political oponents of the Nazis.

Answer 4

to house trouble makers, criminals, political opponents and other social or religious undesirables

Answer 5

The concentration camps were originally for POW's and people opposing the nazi regime. but after Kristal Nacht they became known as death camps