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Dachau

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Da·chau  (däkou, -ou)
A city of southeast Germany north-northwest of Munich. It was the site of a Nazi concentration camp built in 1935 and captured by the Allies in April 1945. Population: 40,500.
Dachau (German) [ˈdaxau]
n
(Placename) a town in S Germany, in Bavaria: site of a Nazi concentration camp. Pop.: 33 200 (latest est.)
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Noun1.Dachau - a concentration camp for Jews created by the Nazis near Munich in southern Germany
Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
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