On Friday, June 18, we went on a bus tour to Dachau. Apparently, every school child, every soldier, and every police officer must go to Dachau. Germany accepts its history.
We noticed, though, that the tour guides seemed to want to downplay what happened there. The guides called it a "work" camp, not a concentration camp, and tried to tell us the ovens were not used. They did admit, however, that prisoners who could not work were sent on hikes and were forced to walk until they died.
The camp opened shortly after Hitler took office, 1933, and continued until it was freed by US troops in April. 1945.
The prisoners were brought in by rail. After deboarding, the prisoners entered through the gate shown. The sign on the gate reads "work will make you free."
A famous photo was taken of the prisoners and others at the time they were freed.
If only.
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