He was registered as prisoner no 1
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Political fresh start in Germany after the war was a big disappointment for
Alfred Haag. At the end of his life he asks himself: Have I suffered in vain
in resistance against the Nazis ?
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»Others have written voluminous memoirs of what they have done.
I have written of what has been done to me.«
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He was sent to the camp as a suspect - his time in the concentration
camp, in war, and as POW has made him political aware.
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He set up the museum of the Dachau concentration camp memorial site
to document the suffering of the persecuted and to maintain the legacy
of his fellow prisoners.
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When getting older he made it his task to bring the legacy of the
Dachau prisoners to young people.
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On 28 April 1945 his courage saved the lives of thousands of prisoners,
and kept Dachau from suffering a senseless defence by the SS.
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Devoteness for his church during the Nazi period resulted in persecution
and imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp, after liberation
he earned praise and reputation.
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The notion of freedom he learned from German classical authors assisted him
in surviving the concentration camp, he passionately stuck to these ideas until his death.
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With impressive selflessness he sacrificed himself for his fellow men. But
finally he was too exhausted to resist his opponents ill-disposed towards
his struggle for a concentration camp memorial site.
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In all periods of his life, as a concentration camp prisoner, as a local politician,
as a businessman, and as a sponsor of sports he sticks to his social principles.
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At his home the social democratic legacy of Dachau survived the Nazi period.
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As a communist from Dachau he fought against Nazism.
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He started to support Dachau citizens and remained one of them after liberation
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