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Although initially Dachau was used to lock up political prisoners, but it soon began to be filled with Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Between 1933 and 1945, more than 200,000 prisoners were interned, several tens of thousands died, although most likely the exact number will never be known.

Life in the countryside

For twelve years, in their day to day the prisoners of the camp performed forced labor, whether in construction and craft projects, building roads, draining swamps or producing weapons.

As in other concentration camps, numerous experiments were carried out in Dachau in which prisoners were used to test new medications and different techniques that often killed them or left them crippled.

The best way to get to know the Dachau concentration camp is to visit it with a specialized guide on the subject, One way is take bus hire munich for trip, that is so that you not only see the facilities without knowing what they are, but that you live a journey in time that allows you to know its history and its meaning.