US Vice President Mike Pence with his wife and daughter at Dachau. US Vice President Mike Pence paid a somber visit to the former Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, Germany on Sunday, against the backdrop of concerns about a surge of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States since Donald Trump was elected president. Pence, his wife Karen and daughter Charlotte toured the camp where more than 200,000 political prisoners, Jews and others were incarcerated by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. Pence signed a guest book, ending his visit with an hour-long service at the Church of Reconciliation on the camp grounds. But the stop in Dachau also had a US dimension to as it comes amid concerns over a surge of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States.

Source: The Local February 20, 2017 08:08 UTC