Dachau had nothing to do with Hitler’s Final Solution for the Jewish Problem.

It began as a camp for political prisoners shortly after Hitler gained power in the wake of the Reichstag fire.

It housed people in protective custody until the investigation of their case was complete. They never were.

Some for violating the Treachery Act, a decree against spreading untrue claims about the government.

Jehovah’s Witnesses who refused to give the Hitler salute or serve in the military.

Those who ran afoul of the Reich office that fought homosexuality and abortion.

Eventually, Dachau had everything to do with Hitler’s Final Solution for the Jewish Problem. Jews.

Arbitrary treatment, humiliation, and torture of prisoners was the norm at Dachau.

The “Dachau Academy” trained the SS for the concentration casmps.

“The records of many of the people imprisoned here are available to the publuic,” our guide told us.

“A way to honor and remember the dead that should soon be available for those on the trains transporting them like cattle from Vichy France to the German border,” I said to myself.

“Why are you here today?” our guide asked us at the start of our tour.

“Because tomorrow I will be in Nuremberg,” I replied, “where the Nazis were held accountable by the rule of law.”