Buchenwald was a concentration camp.

Buchenwald concentration camp was established on 16 July 1937

The Nazis were involved in the concentration camp Buchenwald because it was a camp for political prisoners.

It was a concentration camp.

Buchenwald Concentration Camp

Buchenwald (and Dachau, and Belzek) were created in 1933.

about 100 acres

Eliezer's father dies at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

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Around 2,000

Buchenwald was one of the first concentration camps in Nazi Germany as well as one of the largest. It was not an extermination camp, but still had a large number of prisoner deaths. The approximate number of deaths at the camp was 56,545.

A section of the camp has been preserved as a memorial and small museum.

Buchenwald was set up from scratch as a concentration camp in 1937. Before that the area was open countryside.

Buchenwald, though initially it was called Ettersberg (for a couple of weeks or so).

· Belzec - Concentration camp in Poland.

· Buchenwald - Concentration camp in north central Germany.

Birkenau - Auschwitz II, the death camp.

Like all Nazi concentration camps, it was run by the SS.

J. Hemelrijk has written:

'Zeven maanden concentratiekamp' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)

This probably refers to Buchenwald.

Site of a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany, near Weimar.

Accoding to the Wikipedia article on Buchenwald 56,545 prisoners perished at Buchenwald out of a total of 238,380 who entered the camp alive. This does not, however, mean that the others all survived, as many prisoners were transferred to other camps and perished there. (It was a harsh concentration camp, but not an extermination camp).

Franz H. Schrage has written:

'Weimar, Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Concentration camp inmates, Fiction, German literature, History and criticism, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

Elie and his father were at Auschwitz for approximately three months before being evacuated to the Buchenwald concentration camp. After their time at Buchenwald, they were eventually liberated by the Allied forces in April 1945.

Nissim Alhadeff has written:

'From Rome to Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Biography, Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Italian Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Italian, Prisoners of war, World War, 1939-1945

He was sent to 5 different concentration camps but i can only find 3 due to low information of Benjamin Jacobs. He was sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, dora-mittelbau concetration camp, Auschwitz concentration camp.

A section of the camp has been preserved as a memorial. Much of the Buchenwald concentration camp site was destroyed, but a lot of the prisoners made memorials and many other people did the same thing.

All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.

All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.

Dachau, the first concentration camp, opened on 22 March 1933 - less than two months after Hitler came to power.

In April 1933 small concentration camps sprang up in all kinds of places, but most these were later closed by mid 1934.

From 1937 additional camps were built, starting with Buchenwald.

Apparently, Ilse Koch, the commandant's wife, set up a zoo at Buchenwald.

They were all Nazi concentration camps. In addition, part of Auschwitz was an extermination camp.

Prisoners from the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald, made the V-2 rocket.

Maria Forescu died on November 23, 1943, in Buchenwald concentration camp, Thuringia, Germany.

Elli Wiesel was taken to the ghetto in Sighet and then deported to Auschwitz Birekanau, then marched to Buchenwald.

Elie Wiesel and his father ran from the Auschwitz concentration camp in the snow to the Buchenwald concentration camp. They endured a harrowing journey, facing extreme cold and exhaustion, before finally reaching Buchenwald.

· Belzec - Concentration camp in Poland.

· Buchenwald - Concentration camp in north central Germany.

Birkenau - where the rooms in which more people have died than anywhere else ever are housed.

Ernst Spitz died on June 22, 1940, in Buchenwald concentration camp, Thuringia, Germany of homicide.

Figuratively speaking, the liberators discovered the walking dead. Jews, foreign nationals & political prisoners were discovered unattended after the SS abandoned the camp. Across a road from the Buchenwald camp was discovered a Panzer (Armor) training school. Although Buchenwald was not designated as a "Death Camp", an area for executions was discovered. There were crematoriums established to handle the numerous corpses.

The name "Buchenwald" translates, I believe, into "Beech Grove".

Buchenwald was a concentration camp set up to house or exterminate primarily Jewish people during World War 2. (yes, I did say exterminate)

When the Americans liberated Dachau they found a trainload of prisoners sent there from Buchenwald. All of them were dead on arrival.

Klaus Drobisch has written:

'Widerstand in Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

'Juden unterm Hakenkreuz' -- subject(s): Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews, History

'Christen im Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland' -- subject(s): Anti-Nazi movement, Nationalkomitee \Freies Deutschland.\

'Widerstand hinter Stacheldraht' -- subject(s): Anti-Nazi movement, Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Erich Fein has written:

'Rot-Weiss-Rot in Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), German Prisoners and prisons, Political prisoners, World War, 1939-1945

Buchenwald was a very harsh, 'ordinary' concentration camp, not an extermination camp. About 25% of the prisoners perished. Most of these were worked to death on insufficient food. Many also died when some of the prisoners were taken on death marches in April 1945. From about late 1944 onwards some prisoners from camps further east were moved to Buchenwald.

Notably , Auschwitz concentration camp was both the largest and notorious .

Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Theresienstadt, Treblinka and T.II

Sonja Seidel has written:

'Kultur und Kunst im antifaschistischen Widerstandskampf im Konzentrationslager Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Anti-Nazi movement, Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Prisoners as artists

J. C. Dreyfus has written:

'Le fer: biochimie, physiologie, pathologie' -- subject(s): Iron in the body

'Souvenirs lointains de Buchenwald et Dora' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Dora (Concentration camp), French Personal narratives, French Prisoners and prisons, World War, 1939-1945

Bodo Ritscher has written:

'Walter Kramer'

'Spezlager Nr. 2 Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Concentration camps, Political prisoners, Politics and government, Prisoners and prisons, Russian, Russian Prisoners and prisons, World War, 1939-1945

Read the passage below from Barack Obama's 2013 speech at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. What evidence does this excerpt provide to support the conclusion that Nazis pursued a policy of genocide toward Jews during World War

I wonder if you are thinking of Buchenwald.