Dachau

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  1. 1
    A town and rural district of Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany.
  2. 2
    A Nazi concentration camp built in 1933 near the medieval town of Dachau in Bavaria. historical

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""Arbeit macht frei", meaning "Work sets you free", is a slogan posted during the Holocaust on the entrance to the Dachau extermination camp."

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