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By: Rebecca,
on 4/29/2008
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Dachau, Germany
Coordinates: 48 15 N 11 26 E
Population: 40,570 (2007 est.)
The old village and sixteenth-century palace here attest to the fact that Dachau, located just north of Munich on the Amper River in Upper Bavaria, has been inhabited for centuries. In spite of such history however, it will forever be remembered as the site of the first Nazi concentration camp. When it was established in March 1933, the former munitions factory held just under 5,000 prisoners but in a little more than a decade, the population had swelled to more than 14 times that number. American forces liberated Dachau on April 29, 1945. Visitors who enter what remains of the walled camp today will find the foundations of numerous barracks, the crematorium, gas chambers, a museum in the main building, and numerous memorials scattered around the grounds.
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By: Rebecca,
on 10/23/2007
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Inle Lake, Burma
Coordinates: 20 30 N 96 58 E
Elevation: 3,000 feet (914 m)
Length: 12 miles (19 km) long
Houseboats and floating homes may be relatively familiar concepts to many around the world, but entire floating villages remain unusual—at least unless sea levels rise with global warming. An exception exists however. Not far from the Thai border in Eastern Burma (Myanmar), the Intha people—also known as Dawe—have developed quite a remarkable lifestyle, building huts on stilts or on islands of decayed plant matter in the middle of this body of fresh water. (more…)
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