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Dachau

[ dah-kou; German dah-khou ]

noun

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


Dachau

/ ˈdaxau /

noun

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


Dachau

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


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Example Sentences

She also used his own unique strain of Dachau-bred apple, the Korbinian, to make her fruit juice.

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

Upon reaching the end of the line, Rob emptied his boxcar and placed 10 yellow pawns on the Dachau card.

We were only thirty miles from the concentration camp at Dachau, but we knew nothing about it at this time.

Most remarkable among all the remarkable costumes to be seen was that of an old woman from Dachau.

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

Such jokes would have made them about as popular as the Borscht Circuit comedian who told a funny story about Dachau in 1946.

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