Nazi Germany opened its first concentration camp at Dachau in 1933
In 1933, a repurposed gunpowder factory in southern Germany became the blueprint for a system of state-sponsored terror that would eventually darken the history of the entire world.
Just weeks after Adolf Hitler rose to power, the Nazi regime opened its first concentration camp at Dachau. Originally intended to hold political prisoners and dissidents, it served as the 'school of violence' where the SS developed the brutal methods later used across Europe.
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