Martin Gottfried Weiss
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Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß, but best known as The Demon of Dachau was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from Apr
Weiss in U.S. custody, 1945
The main gate at Dachau concentration camp, marked with the slogan Arbeit macht frei
Reconnaissance photograph of the Majdanek concentration camp (1944)
Dachau concentration camp
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Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern the Nazi Party's political oppone
U.S. soldiers guarding the main entrance to Dachau just after liberation, 1945
Aerial photo of the Dachau complex with the actual concentration camp on the left
The camp commander gives a speech to prisoners about to be released as part of a pardoning action near Christmas 1933.
Two Dachau crematoria