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Dummy shower head and door bolt stolen from Dachau concentration camp memorial site

The police are looking for unknown perpetrators who are believed to have stolen historical objects from the Dachau concentration camp memorial.

,   and  Viktoria Klein
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The barbed wire fence on the outer wall of the Dachau concentration camp
The barbed wire fence on the outer wall of the Dachau concentration camp

Bavaria - Dummy shower head and door bolt stolen from Dachau concentration camp memorial site

In the KZ-Memorial site in Bavarian Dachau, a shower head dummy and a doorknob were stolen. The objects were taken from the former gas chamber by yet unidentified perpetrators, the police in Ingolstadt announced on a Wednesday. The state protection has taken over the investigation.

The theft occurred in the so-called Barrack X, where a crematorium, disinfection chambers for clothing, living and sanitary rooms, and morgues, and a disguised gas chamber as a shower room were located.

Theft in KZ-Memorial Site Dachau: Police ask for help

The State Criminal Police Office for State Protection Crimes of the Kripo Fürstenfeldbruck asks witnesses who have observed something to contact the police under the phone number 08141-612-0.

The Concentration Camp Dachau was built by the NS-Regime in 1933 and existed for twelve years. More than 200,000 prisoners from over 40 nations were incarcerated there and in the external camps, at least 41,500 people died. The Memorial Site has existed since 1965.

  1. The police in Ingolstadt are seeking assistance from the public after the theft of a shower head dummy and a doorknob from the KZ-Memorial site in Bavarian Dachau.
  2. The stolen items were taken from Barrack X, a building that housed a crematorium, disinfection chambers, living quarters, and a disguised gas chamber, all part of the Concentration Camp Dachau established by the Nazi regime in 1933.
  3. The Memorial Site, originally built to honor the victims of the Concentration Camp Dachau, has been in existence since 1965 and has served as a reminder of the atrocities that took place in Bavaria during that time, including the death of at least 41,500 people.

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