| | | Town Hall - Munich - this has the famous Glockenspiel clock. | |
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| | Munich was leveled during WWII. Rather than admit defeat, Nazis did nothing to | |
| | | preserve Munich's treasures, Nazis took detailed pictures later used to rebuild. | |
| | | Germans opted to rebuild Munich as it was. Construction still isn't finished! | |
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| | | | Rhine river runs through Munich. | |
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| | John on the Rhine in Munich. | |
| | | Sarah on the Rhine in Munich | |
| | | Beer at Hoffbrau House, Hitler made his first speech here before coming to power | |
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| | | Enigma machine, captured by Allied Forces. | |
| | | Dachau Memorial - "lest we forget". | |
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| | Dachau residents wanted this site destroyed, activists fought to preserve it. | |
| | | Original entrance - all prisoners walked through this gate. | |
| | | Work Will Make You Free - the original door was taken by the Allies to US. | |
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| | The original barracks did not last, these are placeholders where they once stood | |
| | | Dachau was built to hold 3500, 36,000 were found when Allies liberated camp. | |
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| | Washroom facilities for ALL the prisoners. | |
| | | Toilets for ALL the prisoners. | |
| | | Political and religious dissidents were interned at Dachau. | |
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| | Barracks for political and religious dissidents were a bit better. | |
| | | Churches of Jewish, Russion Orthodox, Protestant faith have been erected on site | |
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| | A second crematorium was built - ovens were never used. | |
| | | Memorial of the unknown prisoner. | |
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| | Some historians believe Dachau was built as a model for others. | |
| | | | Grave of Thousands Unknown. | |
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| | | Several memorials exist throughout what is now a garden. | |
| | | Hundreds of Russians lost their lives as Nazis executed prior to liberation. | |
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| | Electrified fence began where the grass is here. | |
| | | Russian Orthodox church onsite at Dachau | |
| | | Memorial wall in multiple languages. | |
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