Germany: 'Night Wolves' leave Dachau after paying respects to WWII victims

Members of the Russian 'Night Wolves' biker club left the Dachau concentration camp, Monday, after laying wreaths at the memorial for those who were killed by the Nazis whilst imprisoned at the camp in WWII. The Night Wolves crossed the German-Austrian border on Sunday after visiting Vienna, where the bikers along with the Russian ambassador to Austria laid wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial. Alexei, a member of the bikers, said that the group were stopped and searched by German police while riding on a German highway, which delayed their journey for several hours. The motorcycle gang are due to reach the German capital, Berlin, on May 9. Their 6,000-kilometre (3,728-mile) trek stretching from Moscow to Berlin is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. The Dachau camp was the first concentration camp built by the Nazis, opened in 1933 to as jail political prisoners. Originally intended to produce goods through forced labor, the camp was eventually used to imprison and exterminate Jewish, gay and communist Germans and Austrians, killing over 31,000 prisoners. The site is open for visitors as a memorial to the victims of Nazi Germany.