KL Glasgow Overland: Germany - Dachau, Augsburg, and Nazi Concentration Camp

Dachau

Dachau Concentration Camp was first established in March 1933 by the Nazi Government, near Munich, for political prisoners." Later others including Roma gypsies and homosexuals, as well as Jews were brought to Dachau.

At Dachau German doctors and scientists set up laboratories using inmates to carry out heinous and macabre experiments.

Dachau one of the most notorious of Nazi Concentration Camps during WWII.

Dachau Village

American troops liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. Among their most-gruesome discoveries were railroad cars filled with Jewish prisoners who had died en route to the camp and had been left to decompose.

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Ausburg

Ausburg in Bavaria is one of Germany’s oldest Cities. It lies at the junction of the Wertach and Lech Rivers The varied architecture in the Old Town includes medieval houses, the 11th-century St. Mary's Cathedral and the onion-domed Basilica of St. Ulrich and St.Afra formerly an Abbey. The Augsburger Town Hall with its Golden Hall is Renaissance The Fuggerhaüser is the seat of a wealthy banking dynasty and the Fuggerei is a 16th-century social housing complex.

Arriving at Augsburg

St Mark's Church in the Fuggerei settlement

The Fuggerei is the world's oldest social housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria.Above is a few of the 142 residences 67 buildings built by Jakob Fugger In 1517, Fugger’s vision for a golden-walled enclave of Fuggerei, which he created as a way of providing affordable homes for day laborers, artisans and their families. Strict conditions were attached for those who wish to rent the house he built. Only for local Roman Catholics. the rent had never been raised since the 15 centuary

Jakobsplatz, Statue of Neptune and Dolpin

Woman with her out sized wig and her dog....window shopping

St, Peter and Perlach Church located directly opposite the town hall, one of the oldest churches in Augsburg, it was built around 1700.A beautiful painting of the Virgin Mary Undoer of Knots, can be found in the Church, depicts the Virgin Mary taking the knots out of a long white ribbon.

Or Augsburg Registry Office....

15 Centuary Historic Weberhaus

Mansions and private houses built by the wealthy Burghers of Augsburg during the Renaissance period.

The Basilica of SS. Ulrich and Afra is a Catholic parish in Augsburg, Bavaria, which originated from the Roman tomb of St. Afra, who was martyred in year 304. The building is a great example of Gothic architecture in Germany, its high bell tower with an “onion”dominates the city