Père-Lachaise in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Dachau Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 2024
1. Dachau Memorial
est la lieu où fut construit en Allemagne, près de Munich, le 22 mars 1933, le premier des camps de concentration créés en Europe par le parti National-Socialiste dès sa prise du pouvoir. Ce camp devait emprisonner d’abord des citoyens allemands opposés au régime hitlérien. Puis, plus tard y furent déportés des résistants et des victimes de l’oppression nazie, arrêtés dans les pays annexés ou occupés par le Allemagne. Plus de 200.000 détenus, dont plus de 12.000 arrêtés en France, y subirent les traitements les plus inhumains.
Dans ce camp, durant les douze années de son fonctionnement, plusieurs dizaines de milliers de prisonniers sont mort de faim, d’épuisement, de sévices ou par exécution. Nous le survivants, nous avons érigé ce monument dans sobriété pour témoigner de la Foi, du Courage, de l’Espérance qui ne ont cessé de nous animer et de nous soutenir tout au long de notre épreuve.
is the site near Munich in Germany where the first European camp was built by the Nationalist Socialist Party after they had seized power. It was completed on March 22, 1933. Originally, this camp was intended to imprison those German citizens opposed to Hitler’s regime. Later, Resistance fighters and victims of Nazi oppression arrested in those countries annexed and occupied by Germany were deported there. More than 200,000 internees, out of whom 12 000 were arrested in France, suffered from the most inhuman treatment.
In this camp, during the twelve years of its operation, several tens of thousands of prisoners died from starvation, exhaustion, cruelty or were executed. We, the survivors, have erected this simple monument as a witness to the Faith, Courage and Hope that have ceaselessly driven and supported us throughout our ordeal.
Erected 1985.
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Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 22, 1933.
Location. 48° 51.614′ N, 2° 24.001′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Père-Lachaise. It is on Avenue Circulaire. The memorial is located in Division 77 amongst the other Holocaust memorials. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 175 Bis Av Circulaire, Paris, Île-de-France 75020, France. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Buchenwald-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial (a few steps
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 2024
2. Dachau Memorial - French text
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1. Monument aux victimes de DACHAU (APPL, in French). Excerpt (in translation):
The monument was inaugurated on June 1, 1985. Designed by architects Louis Doco and François Spy, it evokes the clothing worn by the deportees. It is a red granite triangle from Finland supported by two columns of bluish granite from Vire. The structure also represents the narrow passage of the camp gate, which many passed through only once.(Submitted on December 18, 2025.)
The monument's mass expresses the deportees' fierce will to resist their Nazi torturers. It underscores the resistance status of most of the French deportees from this camp, with a red triangle bearing a black"F".Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 20243. Dachau Memorial - English text
2. Dachau Concentration Camp (Wikipedia). Overview:
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 opponents, which consisted of communists, social democrats, and other dissidents. It was located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions factory northeast of the medieval town of Dachau, about 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Munich in the Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria, in southern Germany. After its opening by Heinrich Himmler, its purpose was enlarged to include forced labor, and eventually, the imprisonment of Jews, Romani, Germans, and Austrians that the Nazi Party regarded as criminals, and, finally, foreign nationals from countries that Germany occupied or invaded. The Dachau camp system grew to include nearly 100 sub-camps, which were mostly work camps or Arbeitskommandos, and were located throughout southern Germany and Austria.The main camp was liberated by U.S. forces on 29 April 1945. Dachau was the third concentration camp to be liberated(Submitted on December 18, 2025.)by British or American Allied forces.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 20244. Edmond Michelet quote (to the left of the steps)“We have plumbed the depths within ourselves and in others.” Michelet was a French politician who is considered to have performed the first act of resistance in France during WWII. He was a prisoner in Dachau, and was the last to leave it, on May 26, 1945.
Additional keywords. plaque commémorative
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 2024
5. Camp fence plaque, by Cyril Troisgros (to the right of the steps)
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 2024
6. Dachau Memorial steps
You who pass by - remember those who fought for their homeland, for freedom and human dignity. The ashes of those who died in this camp are laid to rest in this memorial.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 40 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 18, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
