UNRESTRICTED | Dachau: A Walk Through Germany's First Concentration Camp | History Traveler Ep 269

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Restricting documentaries on showing what happened doesn't benefit anyone, if anything it is more damaging. Your coverage, as I said on the other video, is highly respectful. This subject needs to be covered and younger generations need to be fully aware of what people can be capable of doing to each other, with that understanding they can then help prevent it happening again. My family was torn apart by the war, it is something that needs to be kept in the minds of all as a stark warning.

My Uncle Fred was one of the soldiers who liberated Dachau. No one ever knew it until late in his life, when he finally talked about it. He never got over it, and it messed him up pretty badly, the older he got. He had a heart of gold, and I was so proud of him when he finally spoke out.

This was a rough place to visit for me. My foster uncle was placed here as a child in 1934- 1945. Malnourished and badly abused, he said he was more afraid of death when he was liberated than as a slave. Out of 157 of his family, he and his first cousin were the only survivors. You would think he would be so angry after what happened to him. I never saw him without a smile and i don't think he went an hour without telling a joke. He's said if he makes everyone love him, he will never have to suffer like that again. God Bless Eugene Zuckerman.

I served 4 years in the Army stationed in Germany for the most of it. One summer I took a trip to Dachau because of curiosity. As sobering as it was, the most striking thing to me at the time was that no birds chirped, or sang, as I entered through the compound. It was quiet and still, and a bit un-nerving. It sparked an interest to find out more of the years 1933 to 1946. I hope no one ever forgets or dismisses the horror of those years. It was a very somber tour, and I admit I cried during the presentation of the tour.

YouTube needs to get their shit together!! This information needs to be out there! History repeats itself and if we don’t honor history by showing the atrocities that happened then how are we any better than the people that committed these unspeakable acts? It’s not romanticized if we are showing what a group of horrible people did to innocent human beings! Thank you for you’re hard work! I watched both versions until the end because this is uncomfortable as it should be but I don’t want to forget!

I was stationed in Augsburg Germany from 1989-1992. After I toured Dachau, I made it my mission to ensure that new soldiers to my unit toured Dachau as well. When this episode first started I saw the puddles on the ground and knew it had been raining that day. I toured Dachau no less that 20 times in my 3 years in Germany. I can count on one hand the number of times that the sun shone on that camp. It was as if the sun itself knew that horrible things had happened here and refused to shine on such cursed ground. Thank you for recording your visit so that the world can see what so many of us stationed there saw. NEVER AGAIN.

I worked at a pool store many years ago, one customer we had was a very sweet older lady who happened to be a survivor. I never disrespected her by asking questions about where and how old she was at the time. One day she came in and a kid that was working there (16-17) saw her arm and asked what the numbers were for. He didnt mean it disrespecful by no means. I was stunned that 1. He didnt know what it was 2. Found out they do not teach that in schools here anymore. She was so sweet, she explained what the numbers meant and where she was at and a few things that had happened to her while ahe was there. This child was in tears after listening to her. We all were. Other customers were too. When did they stop teaching this in schools? AND WHY???

I went to Dachau when I was 16. As an American child, it was devastating. Our tour guide cried and apologized that she just couldn’t go in. It was the most disturbing thing I’ve every seen. But I’m glad they keep it open so we can be taught the reality of the horrors that happened.

History should NEVER be restricted. Knowing history,, helps to change it.

I knew a WW2 vet many years ago who was one of the first to go in through those gates, with the 42nd I believe. He took pictures with his Brownie camera, and showed them to me once. What I saw in those pictures is unspeakable, to this day, even here. I wish I'd never seen them... the images have never left my memory. He then said, "You think those pictures are bad, being there was far worse. When I opened up one of the barracks doors the odor that came out was so thick and terrible, I dropped my camera and threw up on the spot! I've smelled death on the battlefields, seen carnage and gore, but none of my battle experience prepared me for what I experienced at Dachau..." Great job on the video, and thank you for your efforts.

My father who has passed away 8 yrs ago was a wonderful, kind man. He was a Liberator in the 20th Armored Division. The only time he cried was when he would talk about Dachau and what he saw. It broke my heart. Since it is Father’s Day tomorrow I came to this vid to maybe see where my father walked. He never spoke about this until his late 70’s into his 80’s. God Bless all who were here. I’m so very sorry for the families.

I will never as long as I live understand how people can say this never happened. This part of history must NEVER be forgotten.

My dad was a prisoner here for three years, only 18 yrs old. Hé survived and died 1993. By then hé told me all of his camp experiences. I needed psychological help after that. I visited another camp in east Germany as a schoolkid of 15. You feel so drained and sad. People who survived were mentally damaged the rest of their lives. Thx for this documentory

My great uncle was a part of the 45th infantry division and was one of the first soldiers through the gates of Dachau to liberate the camp... I'm so grateful to have been able to hear (and thankfully record) him telling his accounts of it and get to see the pictures and items he took himself of and from the camp.... It's very sobering and should never be forgotten and these events should never be repeated.

My Mom and I went to Germany in 1985, during our trip we went to Dachau. During most of our trip the sun was out and it was beautiful, the day we went to Dachau the sky was gray, it had snowed and it was cold and we saw soldiers training along the road, on our way to the camp. I remember the gate....and the barb wire and electric fences....it was like walking back through time going through the gates. We went through the museum, at that time they had detailed menus showing what the prisoners were supposed to have been being fed for meals and what they were actually fed.... They showed pictures of the prisoners that were starving.... They had examples of household products that had been made from the prisoners skin, including lamp shades. By the time we watch the video we were so traumatized and upset, we couldn't handle anything more so we left. Videos like this need to be shown in our schools.... People need to realize (and remember) what happened in World war II.... NEVER FORGET!

I remember as a kid in 8th grade, my english teacher had a Holocaust survivor, her name lost to my memory, came in and taught us about her experience in the camp she was placed. I also remember having to sit in a taped in area in the classroom made to resemble the interior of a cattle car in which the prisoners were transported. I am having a hard time fighting back the tears this video has brought about. Never again

My dad and his parents fled Yugoslavia and ended up in Dachau. His father ( my granddad) was immediately conscripted into the German army and sent east. Never to be heard from again. My grandmother was forced to work in the kitchen and hospital at times. My dad at 9 years old worked with prisoners from many countries building buildings and other things until the liberation. He was able to understand and speak 7 languages from Italian to Russian. He came to the US when he was 17. My dad helped build many of the buildings there.

My grandparents were survivors and the stories they told are unforgettable. When I hear people say it never happened it breaks my heart for all those that suffered this tragedy. Thank you for sharing this.

I visited Dachau two days ago. Even though I have no relatives or friends who have experienced those camps, but even then, I felt so much pain for everyone who was trapped in there. I don’t think I’ll ever forget how haunting it was. One of the places that messed me up the most was the death chambers, crematorium and a box containing the ashes of all the victims of the camp. The thought of how many people; real human beings with personalities and smiles and bodies were killed there will always hurt me. The whole place felt so cold and soulless. I just hope that those souls have left that dreadful place and returned to their rightful homes. Never forget, Never again.