Seeing Southern Germany

One of the last trips Christina and I took together was to the Munich area. We didn't spend much time at all in Munich, but were there to fulfill both of our wishes to see Dachau, which was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany. I took a lot of pictures, but only selected a few of them to share, since this is such a sensitive and heartbreaking topic. 

We shall start lightly and see the drive to Munich, which was gorgeous. 

Every turn was picturesque.

We stayed at Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, which was also quite beautiful. The Lodge is there for military members and their families, so Christina and I were able to stay a few nights to see the sights. They offered shuttles to places and guided tours. The only tour we took with them was to visit Dachau. 

Upon entering- this sign is up outside of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate.

"Arbeit Macht Frie" meaning working will set you free. 

In the camp, they had rows and rows are barracks that prisoners were kept packed into. When the camp was liberated, the buildings had to be destroyed because of the infection and diseases that were within them. Now, to remember those who lived, suffered and died in those buildings, they have concrete outlines of each buildings foundation. The buildings are numbered and those who were inventoried, have their names put to what building they were located in. To this day, people visit and leave flowers for loved ones, people past, and people unknown. These flowers were fresh from the day we got there.

There were a lot of building. Here a picture of some of them.

While being in Dachau was hard, seeing signs like this were difficult too. The translation roughly means, look- remember those who died here. 

This building housed the first "ovens". 

Below is a photo showing prisoners welcoming American liberators.

The photo below is of the Jewish memorial. 

 The Catholic memorial. 

  Not featured- the Russian memorial and the Christian memorial.

Leaving Dachau you can see the remains of train tracks they used to bring in prisoners.

The drive back to the Lodge.

View from our room.