Angela Merkel has become the first chancellor to visit Germany's former concentration camp at Dachau, where she expressed 'deep sorrow and shame'. She described Nazi era as a horrible and unprecedented chapter of the history.
Located at the site of an abandoned ammunition factory, is was the first camp set up to hold political prisoners and later Jews. The concentration camp was heavily guarded and was surrounded by a wall and electrically charged barbed wire fence. according to one estimate, out of 2 lakh prisoners held about 30,000 died due to disease and malnurition.
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Located at the site of an abandoned ammunition factory, is was the first camp set up to hold political prisoners and later Jews. The concentration camp was heavily guarded and was surrounded by a wall and electrically charged barbed wire fence. according to one estimate, out of 2 lakh prisoners held about 30,000 died due to disease and malnurition.
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