Dachau Entry Registers
Records: 102,181
Complete: 100%The Dachau Zugangsbucher (translated as entry or arrival registers) provide the names, "serial numbers," and details for over 150,000 prisoners. Pages are arranged chronologically and names are then listed alphabetically. Originally established in 1933 for political prisoners, by 1941 Dachau became a concentration camp for Jews and others from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, France, and Russia.
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Fold3, Dachau Entry Registers ( : accessed June 2, 2023), database and images,
- Publication Title
- Dachau Entry Registers
- Total Records
- 102,181 Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1938
- Record Group
- 238
- Published on Fold3
- 22 Sep 2009
- Last Updated
- 13 Nov 2010
- Description
- NARA M1938. The entry registers for Dachau list prisoners by name and number. Later registers also include birthdate, birthplace, and nationality.