European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A visitor to the concentration Camp views an enlarged photo of a mass open Camp a silent memorial to outrage a a a a a a a a. A a a Quot so a by Mark Kinkade staff writer if the human soul can be killed the concentration Camp known simply As Quot Dachau Quot could be the Tombstone. _ Dachau Germany was once an artists Colony near Munich. Its Small Castle and Cobblestone streets Are similar to so Many German villages and towns in its picturesque sameness. A. But today the name a he a u is synonymous with one thing death. A a a a a. A from the High double walled entryways to the guard towers the ovens and the Barracks the Camp is a Marker to the More than 31,000 people who died there. And perhaps fittingly it is As Stark Pale and unemotional As a simple slab of Granite. It is powerful in its simplicity but almost Antiseptic in its delivery. Understanding Dachau today in t knowing that 206,000 people were interred in the Camp during the 13 years it was open. To be moved by the Camp it in t a necessary to know that 10,000 jews were transported to Dachau in the Days following Hitler s infamous Quot Crystal night Quot or that an untold thousands of russian prisoners were shot to death at a nearby Rifle Range before the Camp was liberated. Understanding the Camp lies in understanding what it a must be like to try to kill a human soul. There is no feeling of spirits calling visitors to remember the past. They fled this place Long ago. Tic scamp today is patient in teaching its lesson. A visit the a begins in the main entry Hall of the Camp which houses an exhibit of the chronological history of that Camp As Well As others on the continent. Dachau was the first nazi concentration Camp. Opened in March 1933, Only three months after Adolf Hitler Over Germany. 1 it was one of the last Camps liberated in the final Days of world War ii when . Troops reached the main Gate of the Camp april 29,1915. While some of the signs Are in English words Aren t necessary. Visitors make a trek from a massive Board showing Dachau s horrible offspring Buchenwald Auschwitz Bergen Belsen and More than 100 smaller Cloher 6, 1994 stripes Magazine 77
