Dachau Memorial Tour (former concentration camp)

“THIS WAS JUST A PRELUDE. WHERE BOOKS ARE BURNT HUMAN BEINGS WILL BE BURNT IN THE ENDE”

– Almansor by Heinrich Heine, 1821

 

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Start time:

2024

Feb. 1st – March 31st

daily at 10:30 am

 

April 1st – May 13th

daily 10:00 am

 

May 14th – Oct 13th

daily 10:00 am

and also

Tu + Th + Sa + Su at 01:00 pm

The pm tour is quieter since the groups are smaller and school field trips have finished by then
on site in Dachau.

 

 

Nov. 1st – Jan 31st (2025)

daily at 10:30 am

no tour on 24. + 25. + 26. + 31.12 + 01.01

 

 

Duration:

5 hours

3 hours with a tour start in Dachau at the memorial site.

Price:

42.00€ + 40.00€ for <26 and 67+

The price includes the cost for public transport.

Dachau is 20 km west of Munich.

Ages:

13+

Tip:

Yes, please. Although our guides are paid, it is still customary in Munich to tip your tour guide as it is an important part of the guide’s income.

 

Tour  language:         English                             

Meeting point:

The tour starts on Marienplatz right in front of the Tourist Information for the City of Munich in the Gothic town,see map on page meeting point.

Private tour:

Are you looking for a more personalised Dachau Memorial Tour with your own guide and starting time of your choice?

Would you like to get picked up from your hotel?

We can arrange it: Private Tour: Dachau Memorial Tour 

Arguably the most gruesome result of Hitler’s rise to power was the building of the concentration and extermination camps. One of the first of these was situated 15km to the northwest of Munich near Dachau. In 1965, a memorial to the victims was created, giving visitors a chance to learn of the atrocities prisoners were forced to suffer. On this tour we guide you around the cells, barracks and gas chamber and explain the meaning behind the pictures and exhibits in the museum with thought-provoking accounts of prisoners’ own experiences from the setting up of the camp until their liberation by US-forces in 1945.

Note: We are officially qualified and authorized by the Dachau Memorial site to conduct tours at the site, unlike some other operators who only escort you and leave you to use an audio guide. Please consider this when deciding which company to book.