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Dachau , city, Bavaria, S Germany, on the Amper River; chartered in 1391. It is a rail junction and its industries include the production of paper, cardboard, electrical equipment, and textiles. There is a 16th-century castle. Nearby was (1933-45) the first Nazi concentration camp , which today has a number of memorials and a museum. Records indicate that at least 32,000 inmates died at the Dachau concentration camp, and numberless more were transported to extermination camps in Poland.

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Dachau Town in Bavaria, sw Germany, site of the first Nazi concentration camp established in March 1933. Up to 70,000 people died or were murdered here before liberation in 1945. The site is preserved as a memorial.

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