May 6, 2025
Invaluable experience we will never forget! - This really IS a private tour! Mat met us at our hotel, and steered us deftly via public transit to Dachau in pouring rain. His depth of understanding of the camp, the town, and world circumstances that all led to the horrific tragedy of WWII and the network of concentration camps is vast. We’re old enough that we had friends growing up who were holocaust survivors, and have visited holocaust memorials in several countries in Europe, so we had some working context ourselves.
The beauty of this sort of truly personal experience is that your guide isn’t just talking all the time, really it’s a conversation that goes places you’d never anticipate. We were fortunate to be there one day after the 80th anniversary of the liberation.
Somehow the rain and cold only served to reinforce our understanding of the brutal conditions experienced by the prisoners. It was heartening to see huge crowds of school groups there (teens, which made sense to us).
It’s going to take a while to truly process all we’ve learned in a few short hours. We can’t recommend this tour and Mat highly enough!
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Jan 8, 2025
Excellent private tour with an excellent guide - Visiting Dachau Concentration Camp was a profoundly sobering experience, but one we believe is essential for anyone seeking to understand this pivotal chapter of history. Mat, our tour guide, went beyond simply showing us the site—he provided an in-depth history lesson that contextualized the events leading up to what we were witnessing.
His knowledge, empathy, and ability to convey the gravity of the subject made the experience even more impactful. We highly recommend taking this tour and, if possible, having Mat as your guide.
Adriana C.
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Jan 8, 2025
excellent private tour with an excellent guide - Visiting Dachau Concentration Camp was a profoundly sobering experience, but one we believe is essential for anyone seeking to understand this pivotal chapter of history. Mat, our tour guide, went beyond simply showing us the site—he provided an in-depth history lesson that contextualized the events leading up to what we were witnessing.
His knowledge, empathy, and ability to convey the gravity of the subject made the experience even more impactful. We highly recommend taking this tour and, if possible, having Mat as your guide.
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Jan 2, 2025
Excellent tour. Highly recommended. - Mat was an excellent guide. On time at the hotel and navigated the train and bus for us both to and from. Extremely knowledgeable and pleasant. We both learned a lot about this important part of history. Thank you Mat!
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Oct 15, 2024
Amazing Dachau tour - Matt was absolutely amazing - so knowledgable and well studied, with fascinating information!! Highly recommend this historical tour!
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Oct 15, 2024
Dachau Private tour with Mat - Informative tour, with an excellent guide. Mat was engaging, and had answers for almost every question we posed. He led us through all parts of the Camp, explaining the unique setting, along with the historical and psychological pieces woven in.
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Sep 24, 2024
Sorrowful reminder and lesson for all humanity. Brought to life by passionate and knowledgeable guide - My guide Mat was definitely a walking encyclopedia of this very unfortunate chapter in Germany's history.
Not a clockwatcher for sure. Patiently and passionately elaborated on the exhibits and key features at the memorial site. Was most generous in sharing his insights and interesting nuggets of historical information. Done in the most respectful and solemn manner in honour of the victims of Dachau
Definitely learned a great deal from this tour. So much sorrow in this place and a grim reminder that we should never ever allow such atrocities to happen again. Will highly recommend
P.S. Mat even knows exactly where to wait at the bus stop, so that you'll be right smack where the door is for easy hop on to the crowded buses. And ask him for recommendations for the best Munich pub grub and brew at the end of the tour
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Sep 19, 2024
Great tour guide - Our tour guide was Mat, he was on time and accommodated us with our meeting place. He escorted us to the tour site. He was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. It was a very informative tour that is a must see. Very heavy on your heart, but something every human should do. Thank you May for your time with us!
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Aug 20, 2024
Informative Trip to Dachau - Our guide, Nick, was very polite and informative about the memorial site. He chose his words with care and sensitivity.
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Aug 18, 2024
Unforgettable tour with and excellent guide Matt - Matt was an excellent guide. His knowledge on WWII and Dachau gave us a very clear picture of what took place at the Camp during the war, when it was liberated, and in the years after. Matt was by far the best guide we had in Munich!
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