Dachau

[dah-kou, dah-khou]

noun

1. a city in SE Germany, near Munich: site of Nazi concentration camp.

Dachau

/ ˈdaxau /

noun

1. a town in S Germany, in Bavaria: site of a Nazi concentration camp. Pop: 39 474 (2003 est)

Dachau

1. A concentration camp established by the Nazis in southern Germany. (See Holocaust.)

Example Sentences

Noting the black triangle sewed to the man’s uniform, the Nazis’ label for trans prisoners, Bertie realizes the man must have escaped from nearby Dachau.

From Los Angeles Times

I met him at a Holocaust education centre in Dachau, in southern Germany, just around the corner from what was once a Nazi concentration camp of the same name.

From BBC

This is the third part of a three-part conversation with Historian Timothy Ryback, the author of several books including "Hitler’s Private Library," "Hitler’s First Victims," and "The Last Survivor: Legacies of Dachau."

From Salon

Margol didn’t land at D-Day, but the Jacksonville, Florida, native was among those that liberated the Dachau Concentration Camp on April 29, 1945.

From Seattle Times

Was part of a unit, also including his twin brother, Howard Margol, that liberated the Dachau Concentration Camp on April 29, 1945.

From Seattle Times