Dachau concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager (KZ) Dachau, IPA: [ˈdaxaʊ]) wis the first o the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany, intendit tae hauld poleetical prisoners.
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| Dachau |
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| Concentration camp |
 American truips guardin the main entrance tae Dachau juist efter liberation, 1945 |
Location o Dachau in Upper Bavarie |
| Coordinates | 48.2699°N 11.4683°E / 48.2699; 11.4683 |
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| Location | Upper Bavarie, Soothren Germany |
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| Operatit bi | German Schutzstaffel (SS),
U.S. Airmy (as internment camp efter Warld War II) |
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| Oreeginal uise | Poleetical prison |
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| Operational | 1933–1945 |
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| Inmates | Poles, Roushies, Ukrainians, French, Yugoslavs, Czechs, Germans, Austricks, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists, Gypsies[1] |
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| Nummer o inmates | ower 188,000 (estimatit)[2] |
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| Killed | 31,951 (reportit) |
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| Liberatit bi | Unitit States, 29 Aprile 1945 |
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| Wabsteid | Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Steid |
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