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Album: Germany 2010
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Date: 2010-04-09 14:53:24
Tags: Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany, Munich

The commandant headquarters

The area of the commandant's headquarters in the SS concentration camp was located directly next to the prisoner camp. The commandant's headquarters was located at the center of this area. The commandant had almost unrestricted control over the camp. The headquarters staff and the guard units carried out his orders. Located behind the headquarters area was the considerably larger SS training camp, workshops, and residential and storage buildings.

After the war, the U.S. Army used the grounds as an internment camp and later as a troop location. The Bavarian Police took over the area in 1972-1973. The workshops along the Würm canal were demolished in the 1990s. The building rubble was deposited on the embankment opened here.