in 1937 a ss-junkerschule (ss officer candidate school) was made at bad tölz which operated until the end of world war ii in 1945. as well, a subcamp of the dachau concentration camp was in the town. it provided labour for the ss-junkerschule and the zentralbauleitung (central administration building). the former ss-junkerschule was the base of the u.s. army's 1st battalion, 10th special forces group until 1991.