Dachau concentration camp
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Dachau concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager (KZ) Dachau, IPA: [ˈdaxaʊ]) wis the first o the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany, intendit tae hauld poleetical prisoners.
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Dachau | |
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Concentration camp | |
American truips guardin the main entrance tae Dachau juist efter liberation, 1945 | |
Coordinates | 48.2699°N 11.4683°E / 48.2699; 11.4683 |
Location | Upper Bavarie, Soothren Germany |
Operatit bi | German Schutzstaffel (SS), U.S. Airmy (as internment camp efter Warld War II) |
Oreeginal uise | Poleetical prison |
Operational | 1933–1945 |
Inmates | Poles, Roushies, Ukrainians, French, Yugoslavs, Czechs, Germans, Austricks, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, Gypsies[1] |
Nummer o inmates | ower 188,000 (estimatit)[2] |
Killed | 31,951 (reportit) |
Liberatit bi | Unitit States, 29 Aprile 1945 |
Wabsteid | Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Steid |
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