Dachau Concentration Camp
Lauren Carrigan
Introduction
The Dachau concetration cap was established in March of 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp establihed by the National Socialist Governen (Nazi).
The Camp Grounds
There were 2 sections of the camp (the camp area and the crematoria atrea). The camp had a group of support buildings containing the kitchen, laundry, showers, workshops, as welll as a prison block.
Life Of The Prisoners
People who were judged to weak or sick to continue working were went to the killing center ner Linz, Austria. German physicians performed medical experiments on prisoners, which they were forced to do.
The Death March
More than 7,000 prisoners were forced, by Germans, to go on a death march. During the march, Germans shot anymore who could no longer continue.
Conclusion
This could have effected Anne Frank because if she had gottne cought hiding, when the Holocaust brke out, her and her family could have been put into this concentration camp. Also, they could have been forced to be a part of the Death March.
Websites Used
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.ushmm.org/search/results/?q=Dachau+concentration+camp>.
<http://www.ushmm.org/search/results/?q=Dachau+concentration+camp>.