1st August

Days of memorial - former SS shooting range Hebertshausen

 

        With Dachau being the biggest concentration camp in Germany, the main prison wasn't the only place where atrocities happened. We could choose to visit one of the 8 offered Memorial sites located in Dachau next to the concentration camp. I've chosen former SS shooting range Hebertshausen. The place is located in the woods and it itself looks harmless and mesmerizing with many colorful flowers and butterflies flying around in the sun. But in the last century, it was a place of terror. Hebertshausen had a shooting range where approximately 3 million Russian soldiers were shot dead. A group of 5 soldiers woud be shot at a time. Afterwards, next group would have to unchain the corpses, dispose them and return for their death. After teamer Jan finished the story, we took a walk around the place. The whole place felt like the blooming nature was trying to make up for the awful deaths that occurred there.