Dachau was a Nazi German concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany
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It is near the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria which is located in southern Germany.
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Opened in March 1933, it was the first concentration camp established by the coalition government.
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Dachau served as a prototype and model for the other Nazi concentration camps that followed
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In total, over 200,000 prisoners from more than 30 countries were housed in Dachau of whom two-thirds were political prisoners and nearly one-third were Jews.
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Konzentrationslager (KZ) Dachau holds a significant place in public memory because it was the second camp to be liberated by British or American forces.
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It was one of the first places where the West was exposed to the reality of Nazi brutality through firsthand journalist accounts and through newsreels
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Never Again
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