According to the Museum Guidebook, every morningat roll call, the men of each barrack room paraded together asa platoon on the Appellplatz. The men of each barrack block formeda company with a prisoner "sergeant" responsible fordiscipline. Prisoners who were common criminals were generallythe ones who were put in charge. In the Summer time, roll callwas at 5:15 a.m. after the prisoners were awakened at 4 a.m. Inthe Winter months, the prisoners were awakened at 5 a.m. Followingroll call and breakfast, the prisoners would be marched off tobegin their 12-hour workday in a camp workshop or in a factoryoutside the grounds, according to the Guidebook. Click on thelink below to see a picture taken at this same spot when the campwas in operation, or click on the picture above to continue theVirtual Tour. To see a list of the companies that used slave laborfrom the Dachau camp, click on the link below which takes youto another web site.
Picture ofprisoners at Dachau marching across Appellplatz toward main gate