Today we took a guided tour of Dachau, the first and longest running concentration camp. Initially built for political prisoners, it’s been recorded that there were 32,000 deaths at that site. The campus was massive, the size of 32 soccer fields.

Our guide was quite the storyteller and for several hours shared her knowledge in a factual and unemotional manner.

It’s been interesting to hear how locals speak of the atrocities of 80 years ago. We’ve learned that all school children aged 14-17 must visit a concentration camp as part of their curriculum. Education is a small but critical step towards ensuring history does not repeat itself. And people have been quick to share that Hitter was voted into power as Germany is a democracy, so it’s critically important to read carefully who is on the ballot when you vote.

The only photo I’ll share today is the entrance gate seen by every prisoner which read, when translated, Work Sets You Free.