“Gustl, why did it have to happen now?” - Farmer and local politician August Haas dies at the age of 62. Numerous Dachau residents, people from the city, district and beyond mourn him.

Haas was a member of the CSU for more than 45 years, “a political person through and through,” says Florian Schiller, leader of the parliamentary group in the city council. “We are losing a veteran, Gustl Haas was at the forefront of the faction for many decades,’ says Schiller.