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Related: About this forumWhen I was at Dachau. (Picture heavy) (part 2)
The first crematorium, which had to be closed when the body count became too high.
The more efficient, 2nd, crematorium
The "Killing Wall" where prisoners were brought to be shot in the head by firing squads.
The memorial to the Jews
Inside the Jewish Memorial looking up through the opening in the ceiling
Memorial to the Christian victims
Memorial to the Russian Orthodox victims
Remember!
MLAA
(17,369 posts)Thank you for posting.
Solly Mack
(90,800 posts)Because we can never forget.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)I think everyone who can should go, see and remember.
Excellent photos of deeply disturbing and thought provoking subject matter. Well done.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,791 posts)Thank you for taking us with you to this horrifying, historical place.
Your photos pull no punches. We see right into the ovens where the bodies were burned. We see the wall where people were shot in the head.
These are hard to see.
And then we are lifted out of grief, into the exultation of the human spirit. We see up into the light, out of the darkness of this evil.
And the memorials! So beautiful that they hallow the ground they stand upon.
Thank you.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)It looks like they may have removed some of the ashes there were in the ovens when I was there back in the 70s.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)I was just 20 years old. To this day the eerie, somber feeling remains whenever I reflect on that tour. Quite the reality check. Thank you for the photos.
RandySF
(59,697 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,415 posts)during my first trip to Europe. I was 32. It was an incredibly emotional experience to confront the reality of the horror and inhumanity of Dachau and the other camps.
It is one thing to read the history and see the photos or to watch movies or documentaries about the death camps, but to actually be there, to see the ovens, to walk the grounds, and feel the presence of the souls whose lives were methodically extinguished there, is an experience that can never be forgotten.
Thank you for sharing your photos.