Can children visit the Dachau Memorial Site?
Anyone can enter the Memorial Site. There is no guard at the gate who turns visitors away because they are too young. The main area of the Memorial Site has a Catholic chapel and a Catholic convent, a Protestant Church and a Jewish Memorial house of prayer which are suitable for children. There is also a Russian Orthodox Memorial Chapel. The gas chamber and crematory ovens are in an area which is separate from the religious memorials. Young children and sensitive adults should avoid looking at the ovens which are at the north end of the gas chamber building. There is no special exhibit for children at the Dachau Museum, and no exhibit of children’s paintings or any other art work. Some of the exhibits in the Museum are horrible, but I did not see any sign warning that the museum is not suitable for children.
