Buchenwald: Quick Facts

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Date	1937 - 1945

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watchtower at Buchenwald concentration camp

main gate of Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald concentration camp roll call

Buchenwald concentration camp prisoners

Buchenwald concentration camp crematorium

Map of Europe showing the location of Buchenwald concentration camp in central Germany, with surrounding countries such as France, Poland, the Netherlands, and Austria labeled for geographic context. An inset in the top left highlights the region within the broader European continent.

Alben W. Barkley visiting Buchenwald concentration camp

Bronze statue group of men, women, and children in dynamic poses stands before the tall stone Buchenwald Memorial tower inscribed with Roman numerals, under a clear sky.

Buchenwald concentration camp

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Germany

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Key People

Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel

American author

“Witch of Buchenwald”

Ilse Koch

German war criminal

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Karl Otto Koch

German Nazi commandant

Pister, Hermann

Hermann Pister

German SS officer

Thälmann, Ernst

Ernst Thälmann

German politician

Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

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