One might be forgiven that the title implies a current school trip to Dachau, but the title refers to another kind of trip to the notorious death camp.
The Dutch Nazis, the NSB. did not have the same level of hatred against, Jews,Roma and disabled people as their German counterpart. Himmler was aware of this but he needed support for the SS from the Dutch.
In January 1941 ,Himmler invited the leader of the NSB,Anton Mussert to Munich.
Most of the NSB leadership accompanied Mussert on his journey to Munich.The aim of the meeting was to make Mussert enthusiastic for the SS so he would encourage Dutch men to join them.
As part of the trip an excursion was planned to Dachau, but to ensure the Dutch delegation would not be shocked by what they saw there, the whole excursion was staged on January 20,1941.
They were shown good dormitories…
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