"Arbeit Macht Frei" reads the icononic gate leading into the prisoner yard of Dachau concentration camp. Dachau, a small town located only 20ks outside of Munich, was the location of the first Nazi camp. Designed as a work and prisoner camp, it opened in 1933 during the early years of the Third Reich. It was most notable for being the destination for tens of thousands of Jews, gypsies and other outcasts. Upon their arrival they were often either set to work or transported to other camps like Auschwitz or Bergen-Belsen. Dachau housed hundreds of SS officers, similarly, and was a central location for Nazi experimentation on the effects of altitude, drugs, poisons, etc. In the 1940s the Nazis built a crematorium at Dachau, but there is no evidence it was ever put to use. By the time of the camp's liberation on April 28, 1945, over 60,000 political prisoners and Jews had died from overwork, starvation and disease in Dachau.
**Note. I took this picture with Dave's finicky Lomo and it developed exactly like you see here.
