Pence visits Dachau concentration camp in Germany

Published February 19, 2017 2:21pm ET



Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday morning toured Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany, as part of his inaugural foreign trip to Europe.

Pence’s wife, Karen, and their daughter, Charlotte, were escorted around the barracks, crematorium and gas chamber on the grounds of the site, located in Upper Bavaria, Germany. Foundation of Bavarian Memorial Sites Director Karl Freller, site director Dr. Gabrielle Hammerman, and a Dachau survivor, Abba Naor, joined the family at the camp, which was established in 1933.

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