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Dachau Memorial Site Group Tour

Dachau Concentration Camp was the first permanent camp built by the Nazi Party of Germany. It opened on March 22nd 1933, only 2 months after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power and was liberated on April 29th 1945. This year (2026) marks the 81st Anniversary of the liberation.

Dachau was the only Concentration camp to have existed for the full 12 years of Hitler’s dictatorship. In the minds of the Nazis, especially Heinrich Himmler, it was by far the most important camp within their system and became the model for all others that followed.

“Dachau – the significance of this name will never be erased from German history. It stands for all concentration camps which the Nazis established in their territory.”

– Eugen Kogon

The site is one of the most well preserved former camps left in Europe today. Our highly experienced guides discuss all aspects of camp life and death for the hundreds of thousands of prisoners that passed through the gates between 1933 and 1945.

During the tour with our Dachau Memorial qualified guides you will explore:

– Why the camp opened, and the first prisoners to arrive.
– The three phases of the camp, its evolution and development.
–  The S.S. Training Facility.
– ‘Jourhaus’ – the entrance building and gateway into the camp, with its now infamous words “Arbeit Macht Frei”.
– ‘Appellplatz’ – the Roll Call Square.
– The Memorial Site Museum inside the former Maintenance Building.
– Registration of new prisoners and their categorisation.
– Torture and Punishment.
– The Bunker – the prison within the camp.
– Bunker Courtyard for both torture and execution.
– Barracks – prisoner life and daily routine.
– Camp perimeter fence and guard towers.
– Barrack X – the two Crematoriums and the Gas Chamber
– The International Memorial, and Religious Memorials

6 hour tour

Licensed memorial guide

Travel costs included

Half day trip Itinerary

  • Meet on Marienplatz, in front of the Ludwig Beck store.
  • Take a train to Dachau train station and then a bus for 10 minutes to the memorial site.
  • Toilet stop before entering the camp grounds.
  • 4 hour guided tour
  • A bit of free time to visit the book shop/cafe before leaving
  • Return journey to Munich

IMPORTANT

The Dachau Memorial site has no specific information designed for children and our tour is catered specifically for adults. Due to a change by the Memorial Site itself, we can no longer accept children aged 13 or below on our Dachau tours. Children from 14 years are welcome on the basis that the parents attend the tour with the child and that they understand the nature of the tour content. The museum has very graphic photos/ videos and we discuss physical torture of prisoners in detail on the tour.

Please note that although the memorial site itself does not permit the eating of any food within the memorial grounds, it does allow drinking of water and soft drinks. The site also does not permit any smoking (including electronic cigarettes & vaping) any animals, flags, banners, or nationalist symbols within the Memorial grounds. Photography is permitted but no audio, video or written recordings of any guide are permitted.

dachau group tour

Per person
47 €
  • Daily at 9.45am
  • Includes booking fees
  • Transport costs included
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

As an independent tour company, we also want to support other local companies. As we only organise Private tours to the Dachau memorial, we have partnered up with ‘InMunich Tours’. They are good friends of ours and have been in operation for over 10 years in Munich.

This partnership is not-for-profit. In return, they advertise our Third Reich Group Tour on their website.

We have a nice community here in Munich of guides and companies and want to support each other.

In front of the Ludwig Beck store on Marienplatz – Look for the guide holding a white and blue umbrella.

Travel to and from the site by train and bus takes around 50 minutes each way.

You will have around 4 hours at the site. This includes a tour of the former prisoner camp and some free time afterwards.

The site also does not permit any smoking (including electronic cigarettes & vaping) any animals, flags, banners, or nationalist symbols within the Memorial grounds. Photography is permitted but no audio, video or written recordings of any guide are permitted.

Please note that there is no eating once entering the camp grounds.

You can of course bring bottles or water and soft drinks with you on the tour. 

Some of the content is inappropriate for children under the age of 14, therefore they are not allowed to visit the memorial site on a tour.

Also, children 14 years and above must be accompanied by an adult during the tour.

Yes, the site is open year round. Be aware that most of the tour is outdoors.

Make sure you prepare accordingly as average temperatures in winter (Dec -March) are sometimes as low as -5C/23F.

Comfortable walking shoes and a bottle of water. You can bring a camera, but please be respectful.

Tips are always completely voluntary. If you felt like the guide gave extra value to the tour then you can thank them with a tip.