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Dachau Memorial Tour

Visit the grounds of the former concentration camp in Dachau with a qualified guide and learn more about this dark time.

Included in the price:

• five hour guided tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
• officially qualified and authorized guides by the Dachau Memorial site
• public transport costs from Munich to Dachau and back
• exclusively with us: free city map and 50 % discount on the official city guide
• free cancellation until 24 h before tour start

On this interesting tour, you will get to know a lot about a dark chapter of German history and the first concentration camp of the NS regime. This was built in 1933 in Dachau, which is located only 15 km away from Munich. More than 30 years later, in 1965, a memorial was created for the victims to give visitors the opportunity to learn about the cruel deeds the prisoners had to suffer.

The Dachau tour leads through the cells, barracks and gas chambers. It explains the significance of the pictures and exhibits in the museum with thought-provoking stories about the prisoners' individual experiences from the construction of the camp to their liberation by the US forces in 1945.

Please note: The guides are officially certified and authorised by the Dachau Memorial Site to give guided tours of the site.

Important information

Meeting point: in front of the Tourist Information at Marienplatz , end point at main station

Duration : approx. 4,5 - 5 hours

Attention: The 20-minute documentary film and the website in general is not recommended for children under 12 years old.

Information about your Dachau Memorial Tour: Please show your booking confirmation printed out or on your mobile phone to your tour guide.

You will receive the free City Map and the 50% discount on the official City Guide "simply Munich" upon presentation of your booking confirmation at the Tourist Information at Marienplatz or at main station (please note the current opening hours). There you can also buy tickets.

Accessibility: This tour has limited accessibility – please feel free to contact [email protected] for more information.

Photos: Gedenkstätte Dachau, Stadt Dachau

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Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour

With specially trained guides approved by the Memorial Site

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• Hour Glass Duration: 5 hours
• Clock Start Time: 9 AM, 10.15 AM & 12.15 PM (Depending on the month)
• User Ages: Minimum age is 13. There are no exceptions possible
• Book Tour Language: English
• Ticket Cancellation Policy: Free Cancellation 24 hours before tour
• Half day tour
• Original former gas chambers
• Crematorium
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• Nandor Glid Monument
• Dachau is just 20 mins from Munich by S-Bahn public transportation

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In the spring of 1933, the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany was opened northeast of Dachau. Initially planned to hold political prisoners, it soon became a model for all other concentration camps. It also served as a training center for the SS: the “school of violence.” This tour takes you from the center of Munich to the historic Memorial of the Dachau Concentration Camp . With specially trained guides, you explore a monument to one of history’s cruelest crimes.

More about the history of Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour

Over the years, the Dachau concentration camp grew to a system of nearly 100 sub-camps. In its 12 years of existence, more than 200.000 people from all over Europe were imprisoned, and approximately 41.500 are estimated to have been killed. On April 29, 1945 U.S. forces liberated the main concentration camp in Dachau and ended more than a decade of atrocities and brutality. Throughout Nazi-occupied Europe, Allied armies ended the reign of terror and put an end to the barbarism of the Third Reich. The liberation of the concentration camps revealed to the world how unbelievably cruel the concentration camp system of Nazi Germany really was.

In 1965, on the initiative of concentration camp survivors, the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial was constructed on the site of the former Dachau concentration camp. Nearly 800.000 people visit the Memorial each year. Close to the old town of Dachau, it is located only about 12 miles (20 kilometers) northwest of Munich.

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Our trained tour guides lead you through the historic site of the former concentration camp. The remaining original buildings and reconstructions give testimony to the cruel history of the place. The guides of our Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Tour provide you with interesting facts and historical background. You can ask our guides any questions during the tour. Our guides have been specially trained by the Memorial Site. They convey this disturbing subject to you with dignity, sensitivity, and with respect for the victims.

Throughout the Dachau Concentration Camp Tour, you learn about the inhumanity of the Nazi regime. such as the human medical experiments, the torture, and mass executions. You visit the roll-call, the bunkers, the barracks, the camp street, and the crematorium. At the international memorial, you can take your time to process the information and impressions. The Dachau Concentration Camp Tour is insightful, knowledgeable, and thought-provoking. It’s a deeply moving experience that you’re not likely to forget.

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With our Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour, you get a fully organized day trip to Dachau from Munich. Our guides take care of all travel arrangements and bring you to the Memorial Site and back by train and bus. You get a complete and comprehensive tour of the former concentration camp and the Memorial Site. The entire Dachau Concentration Tour is in English.

The professionalism and integrity we show on our tours have earned us recognition over the years from many interested parties from around the world, including concentration camp survivors and their families, liberators of the U.S. Army, journalists, and academic experts. All of them were very satisfied with our Dachau tour.

The majority of the Dachau Concentration Camp Tour takes place outside and is a walking tour. Therefore, please be sure to wear appropriate footwear and weather-appropriate clothing. We recommend that you bring water. Food may not be purchased or consumed on the grounds of the Memorial Site. Children under 14 years old are not permitted on this tour.

Our guides happily accept tips if you are satisfied with our Dachau Concentration Camp Tour, but we ask you not to tip while within the grounds of the Memorial Site.

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Radius Tours Office, Dachauer Straße 4, 80335 Munich

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The times given are departure times. Please be here approximately 15 mins prior to the given departure time.

The minimum age for this tour is 14 years old. Children under 14 are not permitted by the Memorial Site to attend tours.

This tour and the Third Reich Tour are designed to complement each other. Together, they make for a truly fascinating experience.

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Tour departing daily at 9 AM, 10.15 AM & 12.15 PM (Depending on the month)

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We have been giving tours for a very long time, and we are very good at it! Discover Munich, Germany’s Secret Capital, with us.

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Yes. Our tour to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site is fully guided.

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Yes. A fair amount of walking is involved, but nothing too strenuous. There are opportunities to rest if needed, and scooters can be arranged on location (subject to availability).

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All our tours meet in the Radius Tours Office, located at Dachauer Straße 4, 80335 Munich.

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Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the starting time for our tours? Our tours depart promptly at the advertised time.

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Be sure to wear suitable clothing and comfortable shoes, as our tours mainly take place outside and on foot. For most of the year, Munich has a very pleasant climate, and perfect for tours, but it can be cold in winter, and the warm summer months experience occasional rain showers. Please consult the weather forecast before coming on our tours, and dress accordingly. We advise you to bring water on hot summer days. Our tours go, no matter what the weather.

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Yes, please! It is customary to tip in Munich, and our tour guides certainly appreciate your generosity. They work hard to make our tours perfect, and tips are an important part of their income.

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12 Best Dachau Tours

Of all the concentration camps established by the Nazis during World War II, Dachau was the first, and it opened nearly 7 years before the official declaration of war by Germany.

The camp is located just a few kilometers from Munich in the German state of Bavaria, and due to its proximity, most tours of Dachau begin in Munich, so if you’d like to see the camp and spend more than a few days in the area, that’s probably where you’ll stay.

Dachau was liberated by the Allied Forces in April 1945, and according to documents there were more than 30,000 deaths that had taken place in the camp over the years.

Below is a list of 12 of the best tours of Dachau.

1. Munich and Nazi History Combo Day-Tour

This Munich – Dachau combo tour kicks off at the famous Marienplatz central square in downtown Munich.

From there, tour guests, along with their guide, will utilize the public transportation system to get to Dachau, where they’ll get a thorough historic narration as they visit every corner of the camp that was the macabre home to hundreds of thousands of Jews during its 12 year existence.

You’ll have time to strike out on your own too and take extra time at specific areas or exhibits that you find particularly poignant or interesting.

Upon return to Marienplatz at 3:00 PM you and your companions will set off on a walking tour through Munich, where you’ll visit historically significant areas.

2. Dachau Full-Day Tour in English

Though Dachau is just one of many similar camps that were spread over Europe during World War II, it’s one of the most well-known, and was the first of its kind when it opened in early 1933.

This tour includes the services of a local, official guide who’ll be able to answer your questions and add a lot of value to this already amazing site.

You’ll learn why the camp was opened, what the official plans were for those who were forced to live and work here, and what life was like for the soldiers and guards that were stationed here as well.

You’ll get access to the amazing first-hand stories of people who lived and died here, and some from those who were lucky enough to make it out with their lives as well.

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3. Private Tour of Dachau Concentration Camp

Curt’s tours are considered some of the most enlightening and heart-wrenching of all the tours that are available at Dachau.

Though the site itself is a real eye-opener, for those interested in knowing everything there is to know, the service of a professional guide is invaluable.

The tour includes all the areas inside the camp, including admittance and orientation, living, eating, and working areas, and of course the facilities built specifically to extinguish the most amount of lives in as an efficient and inexpensive manner as possible.

Your tour guide Curt is an American, who is licensed as a guide and has been giving tours of the site to visitors for more than 10 years.

4. Dachau Memorial Site and Shooting Range Tour

This Munich-based tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial site also includes a visit to the nearby SS shooting range.

The tour, which lasts approximately 6 ½ hours, includes entry into the museum and a short documentary film that’s a great introduction for first-time visitors.

Visitors will hear the horrific stories of the sadistic experiments that were carried out here, and after seeing all the area’s highlights, guests will have a little free time to process all the things they’ve just seen.

It’s really a once in a life time opportunity, and this tour gives guests plenty of time to take it all in.

Everything is included except food, drink, and gratuities.

5. Dachau Concentration Camp Tour by Train

This 5-hour tour of the Holocaust Memorial Site at Dachau begins in Munich and includes transportation to and from the city to the memorial site.

The tour includes stops at all the important areas of the camp like the prisoner and guard barracks, as well as the medical facilities and the extermination chambers.

Though not all of the site’s structures are original, they’ve been restored to return them to near-original shape, so that guests can get a true feeling of how it must have felt to be an unwilling occupant here.

Many visitors are surprised to learn that in addition to Jews, Poles, homosexuals, and clergy members were also sent here.

6. Dachau Small Group Tour from Munich via Train

For those who’ve got the time to dedicate a full-day to visiting this unique historical site, this tour from Munich would be a great choice.

Your guide will not only explain the sights you’re seeing at the memorial, but you’ll also learn about the conditions that existed in Germany that led to the rise of Adolf Hitler and The Third Reich.

It’s a fascinating tale and is really world history, as opposed to just German history.

The global war that ensued as a direct result killed millions and changed the world as we know it.

You’ll have time for a bit of self-guided exploration as well.

7. Walking Tour of Dachau from Munich via Train

Taking the train from Munich is a great way to see the outskirts of the city before entering the concentration camp.

For much of the Nazi’s rise to power, Munich was a city that was central to the aims of The Third Reich, and as such is one of the most historically-relevant cities of the Second World War.

Visitors will get up close and personal with the camp’s barracks, transportation system, cells, and where the inmates were taken for extermination.

The gas chambers are probably the most lurid of all the camp’s areas, and it’s almost unfathomable to put yourself in the shoes of an inmate marching to their certain death.

This tour requires a fair amount of walking and lasts about 5 hours.

Transportation via train to and from the site are included in the tour’s cost.

8. Dachau Concentration Camp Private Tour from Munich

For many visitors to Dachau, a half-day tour is the right amount of time to see all the camp has to offer without overdoing it.

Not surprisingly, Dachau can be an emotionally overwhelming place, so before booking a tour carefully consider how much time you’d like to spend onsite.

Guests will walk through the camp’s eerie gate which claims that, ‘work will set you free.’

Obviously, freedom wasn’t an option for the majority of the inmates sent here, though some lucky souls did make it out alive.

This tour hits all the camps most important areas and give guests a well-rounded overview of the camp’s history in a relatively short amount of time.

9. Frankfurt to Munich City, Dachau Concentration Camp Day Trip

This full-day tour begins in Frankfurt and includes stops at Munich and Dachau as well.

All portions of the tour are guided, and the tour’s first stop is the Dachau Memorial, and includes the barracks, work areas, and gas chambers to name a few highlights.

Following the tour of Dachau, you’ll proceed to historic Munich for another guided tour.

Sights to be seen in Munich include the Old Town Hall, Marienplatz, the Cathedral of our Blessed Lady, and a few of the beer halls made famous as meeting places for Nazi organizers and sympathizers leading up to them taking control of the German government.

Though this tour makes for a long day, it’s perhaps the most well-rounded and value packed of all Dachau tours.

10. Private Round Trip to Dachau Camp from Munich Hotels

If you’d prefer to have someone else worry about the tedious details when traveling, this hassle-free tour of Dachau is a great choice.

Transportation to and from your Munich hotel is included, and once at the camp site you’ll have ample time to give yourself a self-guided tour.

The grounds and museum are laid out well to facilitate guests in seeing all the site has to offer in an efficient way.

Once you’ve had your fill of this unique spot, you’ll meet your driver who’ll zip you and your travel companions back to your Munich hotel.

It’s just a short drive, but it will give you a little time to reflect on the magnitude of what you’ve just seen.

11. Munich World War II Sites: Dachau and Third Reich Walking Tour

This walking tour of Dachau and other sites related to The Third Reich will give guests plenty of access to camp grounds while stretching their legs and getting plenty of fresh air as well.

Guests will enjoy a guided tour of the camp that’ll hit all its most important areas and includes plenty of history leading up to the war as well.

The second portion of the tour includes a walk to some of Munich’s most historic sites, and you’ll learn about their significance and the parts they played in the historical saga that played out in Germany in the ‘30s and ‘40s.

This tour includes transportation from Munich to the site and back but doesn’t include hotel pickup and drop-off.

12. Munich to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, Private Tour

For World War II history buffs, there may be no better place to visit than the concentration camp grounds at Dachau.

It’s been turned into a permanent memorial to remember those who walked through its gates, in the hope that education will prevent such a catastrophe from ever happening again.

On this private guided-tour, guests will get a poignant overview of the camp’s layout, and how it was used in the wholesale extermination of Jews, and anybody else who attempted to stand up to the Nazi State.

Multiple start times are available, and hotel pickup and drop-off is included if they’re requested at the time of booking.

12 Best Dachau Tours:

• Munich and Nazi History Combo Day-Tour
• Dachau Full-Day Tour in English
• Private Tour of Dachau Concentration Camp
• Dachau Memorial Site and Shooting Range Tour
• Dachau Concentration Camp Tour by Train
• Dachau Small Group Tour from Munich via Train
• Walking Tour of Dachau from Munich via Train
• Dachau Concentration Camp Private Tour from Munich
• Frankfurt to Munich City, Dachau Concentration Camp Day Trip
• Private Round Trip to Dachau Camp from Munich Hotels
• Munich World War II Sites: Dachau and Third Reich Walking Tour
• Munich to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial, Private Tour

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Please note: All of the programs offered by the Education Department are for visitors over the age of 13.

These tours are aimed at individual visitors and consist of a guided tour through the grounds of the former camp, the historical buildings, and parts of the permanent exhibition. The goal is to provide a basic knowledge of the history of the Dachau Concentration Camp and the Memorial Site. Of key importance is the question: “What does this history have to do with us today?”

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English: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (daily) German: 12 p.m. (daily)

Tickets: 4.00 € Length: 2.5 hours

Tickets for the guided tour are available at the information desk of the Visitors’ Center. It should be noted that space is limited to 30 persons. Please buy your tickets at least 30 minutes in advance. It is not possible to make a reservation. You will be informed of the meeting point for the tour when you purchase your ticket.

Please be aware that groups should book their tour in advance.

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The tour brochure provides information for visitors to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. It guides readers through the grounds and exhibitions in twenty stations, with a further six stations devoted to important locations near the Memorial Site. Based on the latest research and written in a clear and succinct style, the brochure follows the history of the Dachau concentration camp up until 1945 and the subsequent uses of the grounds from 1945 through to the present day. Numerous photographs, some of them historical, as well as drawings and accounts by survivors complement the text. Overview layouts enable visitors to locate different relicts of the concentration camp and places of remembrance. Aerial photographs allow connections to be made between the historical grounds of the concentration camp and today’s Memorial Site. Not only an invaluable aid for a structured exploration of the Memorial Site, the brochure is also ideal for planning and reviewing a visit.

The nearly 90-page publication is available for eight euros directly from the publisher at https://www.utzverlag.de/catalog/book/44664 or in the international bookselling trade.

An ebook version (pdf) for seven euros is available at http://www.ciando.com/ebook/bid-2430177-dachau-concentration-camp-memorial-site-a-tour.html.

Dachau Small-Group Half-Day Tour from Munich By Train

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Dachau is one of the most well preserved camps in all of Europe and a visit to a camp should be on every travelers itinerary. Dachau was the first camp set up in NAZI Germany, was the model for all other camps and was the only camp running for the entire 12 years of the Third Reich. This authorized full tour of the Dachau Memorial is a half day tour traveling via train from Munich at 9:00 and arriving back approximately 14:00. Your guide will not only explain in detail the horrors of the camp system but the plight of the various victims that suffered under this brutal system of murder and oppression, the rise of the NAZI party and many other events that took place throughout the 3rd Reich and World War 2. As we are a small independent company we go above and beyond to give our guests a memorable experience. Our small group tours have a maximum number of 18 guests per tour ensuring a personable experience.

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• Food and drinks

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• Wheelchair accessible
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• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Students can select the youth price category. Please note that the valid ID card must be presented on the day of the tour.
• Refreshments and snacks are not available during the tour. Refreshments can be purchased at several locations at meeting the tour.
• The tour will be a mixture of indoors and out. Please check the weather beforehand and dress appropriately
• Please note the memorial site will not allow Children under the age of 14 to join guided tours
• Please arrive 15 minutes before departure time for check in.
• Please arrive by 8:45 .This tour will leave at 9am sharp and can not wait for late arrivals

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A Visitor's Guide to the Dachau Concentration Camp

TripSavvy / Maria Ligaya

The Nazi government started the first concentration camp at Dachau , Germany in March of 1933. It has been renovated and preserved as a Holocaust memorial to those who suffered and died there between 1933 and its liberation in 1945. There are several tours from nearby Munich , although you can visit on your own, using public transportation.

The memorial is well-documented in English and you should have no trouble understanding what went on by simply going there yourself. However, a guided tour offers you insights you may not get by just wandering through the exhibits.

Dachau is an interesting town in itself, with roots back to the 9th century. Dachau became the most famous artists’ colony in Germany in the 1870s. 

Dachau Gate: Arbeit Macht Frei

This is where you enter the concentration camp. More than 600,000 people from all over the world come through this gate each year to visit the memorial.

The first prisoners were political, they were simply those who opposed the Nazi regime. Later, other groups were also interned at Dachau, including hardened criminals, homosexuals, gypsies, and Jehovah's Witnesses. It was only later that Jews were interned at Dachau.

The first camp was a re-use of an old munitions factory from the first world war that existed on the site. The camp completed in 1938 was designed for 6,000 prisoners but often held ​much more. The camp was surrounded by electrified fences and watchtowers. The gate to the main entrance had the words "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Makes You Free") at the top.

The Crematorium: Barrack X

When the camp was built, the local population was ready to provide it with food from their gardens. Times were tough, and people needed cash badly. They were turned away.

Eventually, grossly overcrowded camps with malnourished prisoners posed a problem for the people who didn't want them. It didn't make sense for people a government had imprisoned to get health care and decent nourishment. The Nazis needed a quick and dirty way to dispose of the increasing numbers of the dead. The answer was cremation, although, eventually, fuel for the fires ran out.

The camp was liberated in 1945. George Stevens' Irregulars filmed the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp . It's a chilling video.

Dachau has a tourism section in English, where you can learn about Dachau as an Artist's Colony in the starting in the late 19th century.

Radius Tours  offers a three-hour tour of Dachau starting at the train station. All transportation costs are included. It spares no detail, including information about medical experiments on prisoners, mass executions of prisoners-of-war and Dachau's role as a way station for Jewish prisoners en route to gas chambers. 

Munich Walk Tours  offer a similar three-hour tour of Dachau that can be combined with its Third Reich Tour for a reduced price.

Getting There

• To get to the Dachau Memorial on your own from the main train station, descend down to the S-Bahn platforms and board any train on the S2 line with the destination marked as Dachau or Petershausen.
• From Dachau station, Bus 726 or 724 will take you to the Memorial. To see the route, or to plan a route from another destination in Europe, see: Munich to Dachau; change the origin to anything you wish if you aren't traveling from Munich.
• Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site address: Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau

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General information for your visit

General information for your visit of the concentration camp memorial site dachau.

Address & Contact Visitor Center: Pater-Roth-Str. 2a 85221 Dachau

Ph.: +49(0)8131- 66997 135 besucherservice@ ‌ kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de

Opening hours of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is open daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Admission is free, pre-registration is not necessary.

Please note that there is a fee for parking at the memorial (car / motorcycle 3,- Euro, bus / camper 5,- Euro). Parking: Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau

Besucherzentrum, Information und Eingang zur Gedenkstätte

Free information brochures are available at the Visitor Center of the Concentration Camp Memorial. 

Here you can also borrow audio guides in many languages. Price per audio guide: 4,50€. Sign-up for open tours is also at the Visitors' Center. 

Guided tours for individual visitors ( over 13 years old) last about 2.5 hrs. Tickets cost €4.00 per person. Please buy your tickets at least 30 minutes in advance. It is not possible to make a reservation.

Timetable guided tours

Directions to the Concentration Camp Memorial Site

Public transportation.

From Munich: local S-train to Dachau (S2 direction Dachau or Petershausen) Approx. travel time ex Munich Hbf. 20 minutes

From Bahnhof Dachau (Dachau train station) to Memorial Site:

• Bus No. 726 to stop: KZ-Gedenkstätte (direction "Saubachsiedlung")

Directions by bus or car

The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial is located in the Dachau East district.

The address for the navigation system is: Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau.

In the immediate surroundings, signs lead to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial.

You can find the directions in the map.

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Dachau Concentration Camp Tour

Overview of the tour in Munich

We will depart at 9:30 a.m. from Marienplatz by subway transport (transport ticket is included in the tour price) and arrive at the Dachau Concentration Camp in about 35 minutes. Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp built on the outskirts of Munich. It was opened on March 22, 1933, just weeks after Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich Chancellor. More than 200,000 prisoners were interned and tortured by the Nazis, of whom more than 40,000 were killed. The Dachau Concentration Camp was the penultimate camp to be liberated by American troops on April 29, 1945 with 32,000 survivors, making it the camp that remained open the longest. IMPORTANT - Conditions of the visit: - The visit takes place with a minimum of 6 participants - The price includes the entrance to the memorial and the ticket for the subway transportation - The visit is not suitable for children under 14 years of age (according to the rules and regulations of the memorial) - It is not possible to eat during the visit - Pets are not allowed during the visit

This activity includes:

• Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
• Incluye el ticket de transporte y la entrada
• Incluye la entrada al memorial

Meeting point

Fischbrunnen

Meeting point: Fischbrunnen (fish fountain) at Marienplatz. The guide will be next to the fountain with a green umbrella. Public transportation lines passing near the Explora Munich meeting point: U-Bahn (subway): U3, U5, U6 S-Bahn (suburban train): S3, S4, S7, S8 Streetcar (streetcar): 19 Bus: 132, 62

Things to note

The tour takes place with a minimum of 6 people The visit is only suitable for people over 14 years old (according to the memorial rules and regulations) Pets are not allowed on this tour Eating and drinking are not allowed during this tour

Free Cancellation

Free Cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity starts. Late cancellation or your non-arrival is not refundable.

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