Set up in the first months of the Nazi dictatorship, some of the early concentration camps were then closed again after just a few weeks or months. The Nazi regime used them to test out instruments of intimidation and violence. Although the subsequent mass murder of millions was not a foregone conclusion, these camps and the terror practiced in them paved the way.The exhibition and themes In eleven thematic stations the exhibition The Terror Begins sheds light on the role and function assigned to the early concentration camps in the Nazi period. Drawing on numerous biographies of persecuted persons, the exhibition shows how these camps contributed to establishing and securing Nazi rule. The basis for this presentation are the sites of 15 former camps which today have memorial sites and are taking part in the exhibition. These camps are quintessential of what took place in the more than 90 early camps set up throughout the German Reich.<ol><li>The Road to Dictatorship</li><li>Mass Arrests 1933</li><li>Places of Detention and Jurisdiction</li><li>Commandants and Guard Squads</li><li>Prisoners</li><li>Prison Conditions</li><li>Violence and Murders</li><li>The Local Neighborhood and the Public Domain</li><li>Closures and Reorganization</li><li>Commemoration and Remembrance after 1945 </li></ol>

Vroege terreur - vroege concentratiekampen onder het nationaalsocialisme

Alte Römerstraße 75, 85221 Dachau, Duitsland

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