Dachau

Came back to Munich very early on Saturday the 27th, checked in to our hotel, dropped off the bags, and then were out the door once again. We both wanted to see Dachau while we were in this part of Europe. It was too important of a sight and an experience for us to miss for any reason.

Website: http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/english.html

The thing that struck us most profoundly was the size of the camp, and we learned that this was the first stop for SS officers who would be working at other camps so they could be trained in how to deliver strict and severe punishments. There was an informative exhibit with pictures, stats, stories, personal narratives - and we both got to the point of overload.... It was so very humbling to be standing on the actual grounds of the atrocities.