Dachau concentration camp

Type: Location

As of November 2026, Dachau concentration camp has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025). In the episode "Short Stuff: Battle of Itter Castle" on Stuff You Should Know, Josh Clark references Dachau concentration camp as part of the camp system that included Castle Itter. He describes Castle Itter as a VIP prison that became an annex of the Dachau prison system, highlighting its role in Nazi imprisonment.

Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern the Nazi Party's political opponents, which consisted of communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Munich in the Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria, in Southern Germany. After its opening by Hei