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photo from USHMM, captions added by myself, information taken from USHMM follows:

Locale: Dachau, [Bavaria] Germany
Credit: USHMM, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park
Copyright: Public Domain

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1	Bahnanschluss (Der Buchenwalder Todeszug befand sich bei der Befreiung etwas oberhalb - d.h. westlich - des Bildausschnitts	railway, the Buchenwald death train has been situated slightly above the visible display window during the camp liberation
2	SS-Lazarett	SS hospitals
3	Jourhaus	Jourhaus, main entry to the concentration camp
4	Appellplatz	place of roll call
5	Würmkanal	Würmkanal channel
6	Wachturm B	watchtower B
7	Eicke-Platz	Eickeplatz place
8	"Straße der SS"	"Straße der SS" street
9	altes und großes Krematorium	crematory (old and big one)
10	Lagergärtnerei	nursery
11	Ställe für Angorakaninchen	angora rabbit barn
12	Desinfektionsgebäude	disinfection building
13	Materiallager	laydown
14	Wirtschaftsgebäude	outbuilding
15	Bunker	"Bunker", close arrest building
16	Wohngebäude für SS-Angehörige	SS residential houses
17	Waldheim, Dienstwohnung SS-Standortkommandant	Waldheim, official residence of the camp leader
18	Garagen	garages
19	Baracken der SS-Mannschaften	SS troop barracks
20	"Holländer"-Halle, Lager und Werkstätten	"Holländer"-Halle, storehouse and garage
21	SS-Sportplatz	SS sports field
22	Straflager der Waffen-SS und Polizei	penal camp of Waffen-SS and police
23	Verwaltungsgebäude	administration building
24	SS-Standortverwaltung	SS administration building
25	Besoldungsstelle	salary station
26	Kommandantur	Kommandantur
27	Politische Abteilung (Gestapo, Gebäude erst später gebaut)	Gestapo, building has been built later
28	Tankstelle	gas station
29	Fernheizwerk	heat plant
30	SS-Führerschule des Verwaltungsdienstes	SS administration school
31	Waffentechnische Lehranstalt der SS	Waffentechnische Lehranstalt der SS (armament academy)
32	Lagerbäckerei, Lager und Garagen SS-Bekleidungswerke	bakery, storehouse of SS-Bekleidungswerke
33	Lager der SS-Bekleidungswerke	storehouse of SS-Bekleidungswerke
34	Werkstätten der Deutschen Ausrüstungs-Werke (DAW)	garages of the Deutsche Ausrüstungs-Werke (DAW), which has been a SS corporation
35	Baracken der KZ-Wachmannschaft	barracks of camp guards

Camera location	48°16′16.37″N, 11°27′48.72″E 48.271213888889;11.463533333333	This and other geocoded Commons images: Google Maps Google Earth	(Info)

[edit] Approximate coordinates of this image for overlay in Google Earth:

North: 48°16'34.34"N
East: 11°28'22.62"E
South: 48°15'58.40"N
West: 11°27'14.82"E

[edit] Licensing

This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.