The Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, which stands on the site of the original camp, opened to the public in 1965. It is free to enter and thousands of people visit Dachau each year to learn about what happened there and remember those who were imprisoned and died during the Holocaust.

Today, the site of the former Dachau concentration camp serves as the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site (KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau). Established in 1965 at the initiative of surviving prisoners, it is a place of memory, education, and mourning. Visitors can see the original "Jourhaus" entrance gate with its infamous "Arbeit macht frei" inscription, the camp prison (the "bunker"), the maintenance building (which now houses a major museum), and the crematoria. While most of the original 34 prisoner barracks were demolished, two have been reconstructed to show the cramped and inhumable living conditions. The site also includes several religious memorials—Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Russian Orthodox—dedicated to the more than 41,500 people murdered there. It is a somber, deeply impactful site that focuses on preserving the history of the Holocaust to ensure such atrocities are never repeated.