Is the former Dachau concentration camp original or a reconstruction?
The two barrack buildings are reconstructions. The concrete outlines around the gravel beds which denote the former locations of the barracks are not the original foundations of the buildings. The guard towers have been modified or reconstructed. The barbed wire fences and the ditches in front of them are reconstructions. The Museum building was originally used as the camp administration building, but it has since been modified. The bunker, as the camp prison was called, is original with some modifications. One wing of the bunker, which was used to imprison SS men who broke the rules, has been torn down. Baracke X, the building which houses the crematory ovens and the gas chambers is original, although the disinfection chambers have been repainted. The gate house is original, but the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign on the iron gate is a reconstruction. The original sign was removed by the Americans, along with all other Nazi signs and slogans, which were forbidden by the American military occ
