Dec. 6, 2018
Dachau was the first concentration camp opened by the Nazi’s. It originally opened in 1933. The number of inmates was over 188,000. The murders that were documented was 31,951. There were thousands unreported.
They have kept the front row of barracks. The empty rows behind are still outlined and easy to visualize the mass number of barracks. They were overcrowded and often there were 4-6 prisoners stacked upon each other in each bunk bed.
Dachau was liberated April 29, 1945. In one of the pictures you can see pebbles/rock placed on the sign. I had read a book (The Choice by Edith Eger) that stated “in Jewish tradition , we place small stones on graves as a sign of respect for the dead, to offer mitzvah, or blessing. The stone is to signify the dead live on in our hearts and memories.”
No Ordinary Trip 