Well today I drove about 3 hours to go to Dachau with a buddy of mine to see it for my second to last weekend here in Germany. Almost everything was rebuilt/renovated and the graphic stuff removed. I got chills walking into the gas chamber but now all the fake shower heads and stuff have been removed too. I feel horrible for the ones that suffered the wrath of the SS but thank god our country stopped them. My camera literally died on me about 1/4 of the way through so I didn't get too many pictures. Next weekend I'm going to try to make it to Auswitch and also go see where I was born here when my father was serving. Hope yall like the pics and I will try my best to rember to charge the camera battery. The gate is where u enter the camp. first pic of the furnaces were the first model of them. the bunks had 3 to 5 people in them a piece. this camp had more than 200,000 ppl go through it and estimated 31,000 I think were killed here.

That is some History. Makes you thankful that we live in a Great Country Called America!

A place I have always dreamed of visiting, especially with a history degree. About 15 years ago in my US History class I had a German exchange student. After I taught WWII he asked to let him teach the German view, very interesting!!

Thanks for sharing.

When I retire it is on my to do bucket list as I travel throughout Europe.

Yal are welcome. sorry there isnt more pic's. big red.... europe isnt the funnest place to a country boy. paris and berlin are disgusting no hunting no fishing unless u wanna learn the language, go to a class and pay 2000euro for each license. ive learned enough to get by ordering food,drinks and basic conversations but between deployments it was hard to keep up with the language and learn more. Ive been to plenty of places that most people dream of going and they honestly ruined the imagination and the tales of them in books due to being reconstructed or just completely fake. most castles dont even have the real knights armor. id say about 7/8 of the castles i went to the armor wouldnt fit my little brother at age 11. I have had fun while being here. especially getting to see different cultures and of course meeting women from all over europe but I doubt I will ever purposely come back.

Just wait until you visit Auschwitz. There were nearly 1.5 million people killed at that place.

Speech (paraphrased) given by Obersturmf�hrer Franz H�ssler to a group of Greek Jews in the undressing room shortly before the group was led into the gas chamber to be killed:

"On behalf of the camp administration I bid you welcome. This is not a holiday resort but a labor camp. Just as our soldiers risk their lives at the front to gain victory for the Third Reich, you will have to work here for the welfare of a new Europe. How you tackle this task is entirely up to you. The chance is there for every one of you. We shall look after your health, and we shall also offer you well-paid work. After the war we shall assess everyone according to his merits and treat him accordingly."

"Now, would you please all get undressed. Hang your clothes on the hooks we have provided and please remember your number [of the hook]. When you've had your shower there will be a bowl of soup and coffee or tea for all. Oh yes, before I forget, after your bath, please have ready your certificates, diplomas, school reports and any other documents so that we can employ everybody according to his or her training and ability."

"Would diabetics who are not allowed sugar report to staff on duty after their baths".

They often played music as well to calm people.

That is amazing and awful all at once!

It makes me sick to even think about what happened there.

They told them the same thing at the dachau camp

Thanks for sharing very weird/uneasy to look at those photos knowing what really happened there.But great photos anyway

Thanks for sharing. I'm in the middle of reading the Nuremberg Trials. Funny how all are blaming each other in the book or saying they didn't know it was happening. Very sad

over 5,800,000 jews were murdered during that season of history, a travesty unlike any other in history.

You should read the exodus and QB7 by Leon Uris. Both are awesome.

I spent my birthday there, back in the seventies with my mother. It does look different from what I remember. Actual pictures of the human experiments carried out, like decompression causing the brain to burst out of the head and such. Among the most horrifying experiences of my entire life. My mother insisted, as she firmly believed that those that do not learn history are indeed doomed to repeat it. Something I'll carry with me the rest of my life.