Dachau

The Dachau concentration camp was established in March 1933. It was the first regular concentration camp established by the National Socialist (Nazi) government.

A US Soldier is seen in front of the door of a gas chamber at the Nazi concentration camp of Dachau in late April or early May 1945, after the camp was liberated by the US Army on April 29, 1945.

View of the Dachau concentration camp, after liberation. Germany, April 29, 1945.

— US Holocaust Memorial Museum

The colour of darkness: Never before seen photographs show the liberation of Dachau, the first of the Nazis' concentration campsThese never before seen colour pictures show the liberation of Dachau, the first of the thousands of concentration camps that sprang up across Germany after the Nazis swept into power.

These pictures were taken by Camille Caffas(Class of 2019) during her 2017 visit.

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