It was a clear cold morning in January 1936 when Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler arrived at the luxurious Regina Palast Hotel in central Munich. He had come to pick up a group of businessmen for a day trip. Their destination: Dachau concentration camp.
Nazi Germany’s first official camp had been set up by Himmler in March 1933 to detain the new regime’s political enemies.
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