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Sep 24, 2024 · 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.
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Dachau, city, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It...
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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.
Dachau, city, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It lies on the Amper River, just northwest of Munich. First mentioned in 805, it remained a small market town until the 20th century, attaining civic status in 1934. Dachau is situated on a hill, on the summit of which are the castle of the Wittelsbachs and a parish church (1625).
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Dachau is a Landkreis in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Fürstenfeldbruck, Aichach-Friedberg, Pfaffenhofen, Freising and Munich, and by the city of Munich.
Categories: Greater district town, urban municipality in Germany, district capital and locality. Location: Dachau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
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 convenient location.
Dachau (German pronunciation: [ˈdaxaʊ]) is a town in the Upper Bavaria district of Bavaria, a state in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt —of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-west of Munich.
