Dachau

Trip Start Jan 21, 2005
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Trip End Aug 20, 2005


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Monday, February 21, 2005

I do not find it appropriate to combine a visit to a concentration camp with a trip to Munich in one log. I apologize for all the updated e-mails you all are getting.

I chose to see Dachau in the winter because the snow and gray sky fit nicely with the image I have in my head. After years of studying the Holocaust, visiting the museums and memorial sites, and being close to my grandfather for the later years of his life it was necessary that I finally visit a camp.

Keep in mind, Dachau is not Aushwitz and millions of Jews didn't perish here in a systematic fashion. However, it was the first camp to open and the last to be liberated. Dachau was the model for all concentration and the harsh guards and commandants of Dachau personally trained their counterparts in the other camps. To put it simply, Dachau is where the camp system began.

Honestly, the camp is very hard to describe and it is much easier to just display images. I took over a hundred photos (some in color, some in black and white) but I am only posting a select few black and whites for everyone. I will have more photos posted eventually.

Thank you and I love and miss you all.

Brian
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