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How far is the closest McDonalds to the former Dachau camp, and why were there protests about it?

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How far is the closest McDonalds to the former Dachau camp, and why were there protests about it?

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The closest McDonald’s fast food restaurant is about a mile from the parking lot of the former Dachau concentration camp. The ADL and other Jewish organizations protested when the owner of the McDonald’s franchise tried to capitalize on the numerous American tourists visiting the area by putting fliers on the windshields of cars parked in the Memorial Site parking lot, advertising his McDonald’s location. On my last visit to Dachau in May 2007, there was a McDonald’s restaurant inside the train station. Who was the artist who designed the statue of the Unknown Prisoner which stands in front of the Crematory? What do the words on the base of the statue say? Who designed the sculpture in front of the Museum building? The statue of the Unknown Prisoner was designed by Fritz Koelle. It was erected in 1950. The German inscription reads in English: “To honor the dead, To admonish the living.” The large sculpture in front of the Museum, which is part of the International Monument, was designe

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