later, new groups of prisoners were deported to dachau: homosexuals, gypsies, and jews. after the pogrom of 1938, the so-called "night of broken glass", many more thousands of jews were brought to dachau. before the war, the prisoners were forced to do slave labor. when the war began, the camp became a place of mass murder. more than 30,000 of the 200,000 prisoners died. many succumbed to fatal illnesses because of the atrocious health conditions of the camp. the infamous site has been preserved with reconstructed barracks and crematorium. memorials to the victims are found throughout the grounds. the poignant museum contains heart-wrenching photos and documents. one of the few prisoners who escaped dachau described it this way: implacable, perverted, an organization that was totally murderous, a marvelous machine for the debasement and de-humanizing of man." our drive south gives us time to reflect and to decompress. after stopping at a 700-year-old monastery, we'll continue on to the alpine towns of southern bavaria. just outside town, the ammersee lake is a popular re