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The Dachau concentration camp served as an instrument of state terror from the beginning to the end of the Nazi dictatorship, operating for more than twice as long as the other concentration camps on German soil. At least 41,500 prisoners were murdered or died as a result of violence, forced labor, starvation and disease. Immediately after the camp was liberated by the U.S. Army in late April 1945, film footage documented the horrific conditions here. The images attracted worldwide attention, making the Dachau concentration camp synonymous with the crimes of violence committed by the Nazi regime.
Between 1945 and 1950, some 80 German-language monographs examining the Dachau concentration camp from a wide variety of perspectives were published in the Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria, in the nascent Federal Republic and German Democratic Republic, and in neighboring countries. Original copies of almost half of these publications have survived in the collections of LMU Munich’s University Library.
The showcase exhibition presents a selection of these works.
For more information please visit the University Library website.