Located in southern Germany, Dachau was initially a camp for political prisoners; however, it eventually evolved into a death camp where countless thousands of Jews died from malnutrition, disease and overwork or were executed. In the postwar years, the Dachau facility served to hold SS soldiers awaiting trial. After 1948, it held ethnic Germans who had been expelled from eastern Europe and were awaiting resettlement, and also was used for a time as a United States military base during the occupation. It was finally closed in 1960. Is it worth visiting Dachau Concentration Camp? Absolutely. 100%. You can't understand suffering, fear, perseverance, and you really can't understand the Holocaust until you've visited a concentration camp.
