History Series: Dachau

History of the Liberation of Dachau, Part 2: April 30, 1945

Dachau gate. Image: Wikimedia

In Part 1, I discussed the Nazi Concentration Camps and the initial movement of US Army divisions into Dachau.

Dachau: The Camp

As my father and the 42nd “Rainbow” Division moved into the Dachau Concentration Camp, of the 32,000 survivors still alive in the main…