When I was at Dachau. (Picture heavy) (part 2)

[Behind the Aegis]

The first crematorium, which had to be closed when the body count became too high.


The more efficient, 2nd, crematorium


The "Killing Wall" where prisoners were brought to be shot in the head by firing squads.






The memorial to the Jews


Inside the Jewish Memorial looking up through the opening in the ceiling


Memorial to the Christian victims


Memorial to the Russian Orthodox victims


Remember!

[MLAA]

1. Remember and today we RESIST!

Thank you for posting.

[Solly Mack]

2. ...

Because we can never forget.

[herding cats]

3. I havent been yet, but I need to go.

I think everyone who can should go, see and remember.

Excellent photos of deeply disturbing and thought provoking subject matter. Well done.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. We will never forget...Never.

Thank you for taking us with you to this horrifying, historical place.

Your photos pull no punches. We see right into the ovens where the bodies were burned. We see the wall where people were shot in the head.

These are hard to see.

And then we are lifted out of grief, into the exultation of the human spirit. We see up into the light, out of the darkness of this evil.

And the memorials! So beautiful that they hallow the ground they stand upon.

Thank you.

[Lint Head]

5. I've been there. It impacted my life in so many ways.

It looks like they may have removed some of the ashes there were in the ovens when I was there back in the 70s.

[lunasun]

6. Makes me sick to my stomach but thank you for sharing .

[Heartstrings]

7. Visited Dachau the fall of '72

I was just 20 years old. To this day the eerie, somber feeling remains whenever I reflect on that tour. Quite the reality check. Thank you for the photos.

[RandySF]

8. The White House senior staff need a field trip.

[mnhtnbb]

9. I was there in 1983

during my first trip to Europe. I was 32. It was an incredibly emotional experience to confront the reality of the horror and inhumanity of Dachau and the other camps.

It is one thing to read the history and see the photos or to watch movies or documentaries about the death camps, but to actually be there, to see the ovens, to walk the grounds, and feel the presence of the souls whose lives were methodically extinguished there, is an experience that can never be forgotten.

Thank you for sharing your photos.