I visited Dachau in 1990 it is somber reminder of what just a handfull of bad people are capable of anywhere, anytime. I remember the steel gate at the entry point which displayed the words "Arbeit Macht Frei" which I think translates to "You work and your free" I even had the pleaseure of talking to some WWII German soldiers-very nice and very proud people. One was a German Panzer driver-a very much respected soldier of WWII.
Anyway-if you ever get the chance you gotta visit Germany.
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Originally Posted by Kuifje75
The husband of my 84 year old cousin who I keep in touch regularly on internet, (such a sweet woman), was one of the members of the Army group who liberated Dachau and guarded the concentration camp. One day, Bill (the husband of my cousin) showed me pictures from the first days he was at Dachau, and it was not pretty at all. It was a very moving experience for me to have him share the story with me. He and my cousin have gone to Germany again several times and told me that Germany has changed so much since WWII.
I have been to the concentration camps Dachau and Sachsenhausen (near Berlin). There are hundreds of these KZ-Lager in Europe, but I hope to go to Poland as well to see Oswiecim camp (known in German as Auschwitz). It will be to compare the difference between a labour camp (i.e. Dachau) and an extermination camp (i.e. Oswiecim).
My cousin gets mad when he hears people saying that the Holocaust never happened. It is very important for people to know it did actually happen, and to not to allow it to happen again.
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