Dachau

Facts: -Dachau was set up on March 22,1933 -Over 200,000 persons from Europe were imprisoned here in its twelve years of existence

DachauBy:Jordan W.

Quote: ''Monsieur ... I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to bel ieve in men.'' - Jean-Paul Sartre

Prisoners were fed very little or not at all

Fact:-Dachau was the first regular concentration camp established by the Nazi government

Fact:-In addition to Jews, the camp’s prisoners included artists, intellectuals, the physically and mentally handicapped and homosexuals.

Timeline:-May 25, 1933 - Dachau Exempted from Judicial Authority-August 15, 1938 - Dachau Camp Expanded

-September 3, 1941 - SS Doctors begin Selections of Prisoners for experiments

Most of the bodies were dumped into piles

Fact:-Under the oversight of Nazi Theodor Eicke, Dachau became a model concentration camp, a place where SS guards and other camp officials went to train.

Many prisoners were experimented on

The Nazi government was led by this man, known as Adolf Hitler