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ˈdɑ xaʊdachau

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Dachaunoun

    a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany

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  1. dachau

    Dachau () was the first concentration camp built by Nazi Germany, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents which consisted of: communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It is located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Munich in the state of Bavaria, in southern Germany. After its opening by Heinrich Himmler, its purpose was enlarged to include forced labor, and, eventually, the imprisonment of Jews, Romani, German and Austrian criminals, and, finally, foreign nationals from countries that Germany occupied or invaded. The Dachau camp system grew to include nearly 100 sub-camps, which were mostly work camps or Arbeitskommandos, and were located throughout southern Germany and Austria. The main camp was liberated by U.S. forces on 29 April 1945. Prisoners lived in constant fear of brutal treatment and terror detention including standing cells, floggings, the so-called tree or pole hanging, and standing at attention for extremely long periods. There were 32,000 documented deaths at the camp, and thousands that are undocumented. Approximately 10,000 of the 30,000 prisoners were sick at the time of liberation.In the postwar years, the Dachau facility served to hold SS soldiers awaiting trial. After 1948, it held ethnic Germans who had been expelled from eastern Europe and were awaiting resettlement, and also was used for a time as a United States military base during the occupation. It was finally closed in 1960. There are several religious memorials within the Memorial Site, which is open to the public.

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  1. dachau

    Dachau is a town in Upper Bavaria, Germany, known for being the location of the first concentration camp established by the Nazi regime during World War II. The Dachau concentration camp, opened in 1933, was used for the internment and brutal treatment of political prisoners, Jews, and other groups deemed undesirable by the Nazis. Today, it serves as a memorial and museum commemorating the atrocities committed there.

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  1. Dachau

    Dachau is a town in Upper Bavaria, in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt—of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 km north-west of Munich. It is now a popular residential area for people working in Munich with roughly 40,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of town with its 18th-century castle is situated on an elevation and visible over a great distance. Dachau was founded in the 8th century. It was home to many artists during the late 19th and early 20th century; well-known author and editor Ludwig Thoma lived here for two years. The town is also known for its proximity to the infamous Dachau concentration camp built in 1933 by the Nazis, in which tens of thousands of prisoners were murdered.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dachau in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dachau in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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  1. Steve Fitzgerald:

    So Planned Parenthood is busy out their waging war against the next generation and winning, planned Parenthood was a firestorm. I got calls from everywhere,' How dare you ? How could you ? How could you compare it to Dachau ?'.

  2. Chancellor Angela Merkel:

    These camps keep our memories alive, despite all the adversity out there, there are unfortunately incidents again and again such as the theft of the Dachau gate last year that are disturbing.

  3. Hilary Roberts:

    The key objects in the photograph are Lee Miller’s boots on Hitler’s bath mat, which when she arrived was pristine white, and when she left was covered with dirt from Dachau.

  4. A.E. Samaan:

    Eugenics is not just a tool of totalitarianism. Eugenics, as it was conceived, could not be anything but totalitarian as it desired to control all aspects of society. Hitler’s “National Socialist” (Nationalsozialist) form of government was amongst the first to put the full force of its government to conduct compulsory health initiatives. It is by no coincidence that the Dachau concentration camp used its slave-labor to run the largest organic produce farm of the era.

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