This will be another short one. Got up nice and early for a guided tour of the concentration camp Dachau. A few facts, it began as a munitions factory after WW1 and fell into disuse use. The Nazis came in 1933 and wanted to use it as a military base, and the mayor of the town of Dachau was happy to sell the property expecting money to be spent in town from the soldiers. It didn’t quite turn out that way. It was used mainly as a labor camp, over its 12 years in operation 43,000 prisoners died. It was the very first concentration camp and was used mainly for political enemies and Jews. 4,000 captured Russians soldiers were immediately all shot upon arrival. It was constructed with a gas chamber, but what little evidence remains, shows it was never actually used, or used only a few times for testing. One of the main SS camps was part of the complex. It is now the area for riot control training. An interesting quote of remorse spoken by a well known Catholic pastor after he was liberated from the camp: “when they came to arrest the communists, I said nothing because I’m not a communist. When they came to arrest the socialists, I said nothing because I’m not a socialist. When they came to arrest they Jews, I said nothing, because I’m not Jewish. When they came to arrest me, well there was noone left to speak out.” Implying he is regretful he had never spoken out against the ever more harsh laws.

Next got back and wandered around, mainly visiting several large churches, 2 of which are literally about a 10 second walk from eachother. Not by intent, there is just lots of huge churches all over when you wander around. St. Peter’s church I visited contains the bones of saints, including the gold and jewelry adorned skeleton of St. Munditia, which is on display, for all to see. A picture of it is at the very bottom. It was a bit eerie to see.