Dachau

[ dah-kou; German dah-khou ]

/ ˈdɑ kaʊ; German ˈdɑ xaʊ /

a city in SE Germany, near Munich: site of Nazi concentration camp.

Example sentences from the Web for dachau

A German priest and activist, named Korbinian Aigner, bred apples while interned by the Nazis at Dachau, and drew them as well.

A First Taste of Documenta |Blake Gopnik |June 6, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Upon reaching the end of the line, Rob emptied his boxcar and placed 10 yellow pawns on the Dachau card.

Brenda Brathwaite: Holocaust Game Designer |Ben Crair |December 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Such jokes would have made them about as popular as the Borscht Circuit comedian who told a funny story about Dachau in 1946.

Anything You Can Do ... |Gordon Randall Garrett
We were only thirty miles from the concentration camp at Dachau, but we knew nothing about it at this time.

The Biography of a Rabbit |Roy Benson

All the women in Dachau must be as "thick" as that, she said; and "lovers must have long arms to reach round them!"

Glimpses of Three Coasts |Helen Hunt Jackson
Most remarkable among all the remarkable costumes to be seen was that of an old woman from Dachau.

Glimpses of Three Coasts |Helen Hunt Jackson

Dachau

/ (German ˈdaxau) /

a town in S Germany, in Bavaria: site of a Nazi concentration camp. Pop: 39 474 (2003 est)

Dachau

[ (dah-kow, dah-khow) ]

A concentration camp established by the Nazis in southern Germany. (See Holocaust.)