Saturday was a pretty heavy day as we visited the Dachau Concentration Camp near Munich. I’ve been there before in 2006 when I was in high school, but my parents wanted to visit the site for themselves this time around. I decided black and white were right for these photos because the subject material is very serious, and the camp itself is very monotone in color. I’m the type of person who only uses black and white to help convey respect for the subject and to give a tone of seriousness to the story. I’ve got several shots of shadows or silhouettes of people, which I intentionally did in order to try to match the ghostly vibe I felt walking through the infamous site.
![Dachau Concentration Camp Visitors photograph the gate at the main entrance of the Dachau Concentration Camp on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany. The gate's writing, "Work will set you free," is found at the entrances of most concentration camps.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/01_europe10_0522101.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp A sculpture depicts an inmate dying on an electric fence after committing suicide as seen on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. During WWII, many prisoners chose to end their lives by climbing the camp's electrically-charged inner fence.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/02_europe10_0522101.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp A tourist enters a barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Only two barracks remain at the camp and are outfitted to show visitors how the insides would have looked at various stages of the war.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/03_europe10_0522101.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp A single bouquet of flowers sits at a memorial on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. The former camp was converted into a memorial and museum in the 1960s.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/04_europe10_0522102.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp Visitors make their way through a barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Only two prisoner barracks remain intact on the camp grounds.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/05_europe10_0522101.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp A nun inspects a map as she makes her way through the Dachau Concentration Camp on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany. Behind her is a foundation (No. 27) showing visitors where one of the prisoner barracks stood during the camp's operation. Each empty foundation is numbered.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/06_europe10_052210.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp Light pours into a dark prisoner barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/07_europe10_052210.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp Visitors walk down the main camp road on Saturday, May 22, 2010, towards a memorial to Christians killed at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/08_europe10_052210.jpg)
![Dachau Concentration Camp A rusted barbed wire fence encircles the Dachau Concentration Camp, as seen on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/09_europe10_052210.jpg)
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