Preparation
The Memorial Site
Opening hours daily (excluding Monday) from 9 AM to 5 PM, free admission.We recommend visiting the memorial site from September to March, if possible, as the number of visitors is extremely high from April to July.
Our pedagogical service
Note
Please make your booking as early as possible! The duration of a guided tour of the highlights of the Concentration Camp Memorial Site with a tour guide is about 2.5 to 3 hours. One tour guide is scheduled for every 25 to 30 people.Booking
How to find us
- by public transport from Munich (S2 Dachau / Petershausen, about 20 min
from Munich central station to Dachau)
further information - in Dachau by bus 724 or 726 to the Concentration Camp Memorial Site
- or by car/coach further information
Video film: “Dachau Concentration Camp”
The video film shown on the memorial site can be used for preparation and follow-up.It can be taken out on loan from Landesmediendienste Bayern (Media Services Bavaria):
www.landesmediendienste-bayern.de
info@landesmediendienste-bayern.de
Munich: Tel. +49 89/ 38 16 09 15
Augsburg: Tel. +49 8 21/ 51 07 15
Nuremberg: Tel. +49 9 11/ 26 26 05
Würzburg: Tel. +49 9 31/ 5 41 41
Clothing
Sturdy footwear and rainwear required. In the summer it is recommended to bring liquids and wear a head cover for protection against the sun.Bibliography
- Barbara Distel, Wolfgang Benz, Das Konzentrationslager Dachau 1933-1945. Geschichte und Bedeutung, München: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung 1994.
- Stanislav Zámeçník, Das war Dachau, Frankfurt/Main: Fischer TB 2006 [EA Luxemburg 2002].
- Jean Bernard, Pfarrerblock 25487. Dachau 1941-42, Luxemburg: éditions Saint Paul 2004.
- Max Mannheimer, Spätes Tagebuch: Theresienstadt - Auschwitz - Warschau - Dachau, Zürich/München: Pendo 2000.
- Nico Rost, Goethe in Dachau, Berlin: Volk & Welt 1999 [EA 1948]
- As well as a series edited by the Concentration Camp Memorial Site, Dachauer Hefte 1985ff
www.dachauer-hefte.de
Literature in English
- Dachau and the Nazi Terror (Volume 1): 1933 - 1945. Testimonies and Memories.
- Dachau and the Nazi Terror (Volume 2): 1933 - 1945. Studies and
Reports.
Edited by Wolfgang Benz and Barbara Distel. Dachau, 2002. - Stanislav Zámeçník, That was Dachau 1933-1945, Fondation internationale de Dachau. Paris: le cherche midi, 2004