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This article is all about Dachau town. For the concentration camp, see Dachau concentration camp. For the mass murder committed by Americans, look at Dachau Massacre.
Dachau is an attractive city around southern Germany, in the federal state of Bavaria. Set at , simply Twenty kilometer out of Munich, it has become the popular housing region for humans working around Munich, & okay, has about 40,000 dweller. the town has the historic city centre, by having a castle built in the 18th century.

Dachau was founded in the 8th century, and was a front yard of numbers of creative person in a period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A writer Ludwig Thoma was born there.

Dachau is better known for the proximity of the comparatively easily-preserved places of the notorious Dachau concentration camp, the foremost heavy-shell concentration camp within Germany, converted from an old powder mill per Nazi regime in 1933.

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ZB Dachau
Study group for investigating contemporary history of the concentration camp, with archival photographs, profiles of former prisoners, and information for visitors to the memorial. [English, German and Spanish]

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial
Describes the museum, archive and library, and features a multimedia virtual tour. Also includes information about education courses and special exhibitions. [English and German]

Dachau Scrapbook
Photographs and details of places and events, with FAQ, memorial guidebook, information for visitors, and a present-day virtual tour of the town and concentration camp.