Perimeter Fence - Dachau
It's easy to let your imagination run wild while visiting a site like Dachau almost 70 years after the atrocities took place. While looking at this particular trench along the perimeter fence - which by the way is only steps from the Krematorium - my mind wondered how many were executed as they purposefully ended their life on their terms by running towards the fence.
From the Dachau informational sign:
Built from 1937-38, the newly erected prison camp was surrounded by a perimeter fence designed to make escape impossible. SS soldiers kept watch over the camp from seven watchtowers. The instant a prisoner entered a prohibited zone, they were fired upon. Some prisoners ran into the border strip on purpose to put and end to their suffering.
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Perimeter Fence - Dachau
It's easy to let your imagination run wild while visiting a site like Dachau almost 70 years after the atrocities took place. While looking at this particular trench along the perimeter fence - which by the way is only steps from the Krematorium - my mind wondered how many were executed as they purposefully ended their life on their terms by running towards the fence.
From the Dachau informational sign:
Built from 1937-38, the newly erected prison camp was surrounded by a perimeter fence designed to make escape impossible. SS soldiers kept watch over the camp from seven watchtowers. The instant a prisoner entered a prohibited zone, they were fired upon. Some prisoners ran into the border strip on purpose to put and end to their suffering.
© LMGFotography 2014; please do not use without permission.