Buchenwald

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May 25th 2016

Published: May 27th 2016

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A model of the camp in front of the site as it is today. As at Mittrlbau-Dora most of the buildings were demolished by the Russians after the war.

A model of the camp in front of the site as it is today. As at Mittrlbau-Dora most of the buildings were demolished by the Russians after the war.

A model of the camp in front of the site as it is today. As at Mittrlbau-Dora most of the buildings were demolished by the Russians after the war.

25 May 2016

We had quite an emotional day visiting the site of the Buchenwald concentration camp which is now a memorial. Buchenwald was built in 1937 outside the town of Weimar and between then and the end of the war over 250,000 people from over 50 countries were imprisoned there by the Nazis. 56,000 human beings met their deaths in Buchenwald and its subcamps. They were killed, starved to death, died of illness or died as victims of medical experiments.

Between 1945 and 1950 the Soviets used the area as a ‘Special Camp’ and mass graves from that time were subsequently found.

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The camp entrance. The inscription on the gate says ‘to each his own’

The camp entrance. The inscription on the gate says ‘to each his own’

The camp entrance. The inscription on the gate says ‘to each his own’

There many memorials spread about the site in remembrance of the various groups and nationalities who suffered and died there

There many memorials spread about the site in remembrance of the various groups and nationalities who suffered and died there

There many memorials spread about the site in remembrance of the various groups and nationalities who suffered and died there

This is a memorial of the existence of ‘the Little Camp’ which was originally a quarantine area for the sick but in 1944/5 many thousand Jews sent from other camps were kept there in horrendous conditions

This is a memorial of the existence of ‘the Little Camp’ which was originally a quarantine area for the sick but in 1944/5 many thousand Jews sent from other camps were kept there in horrendous conditions

This is a memorial of the existence of ‘the Little Camp’ which was originally a quarantine area for the sick but in 1944/5 many thousand Jews sent from other camps were kept there in horrendous conditions

Wendy listening to an audio description in the exhibition area. The exhibition didn’t pull any punches describing the crimes the inmates were subjected to and that the local civilian population had a good idea of what was going on

Wendy listening to an audio description in the exhibition area. The exhibition didn’t pull any punches describing the crimes the inmates were subjected to and that the local civilian population had a good idea of what was going on

Wendy listening to an audio description in the exhibition area. The exhibition didn’t pull any punches describing the crimes the inmates were subjected to and that the local civilian population had a good idea of what was going on

The incinerators in the crematorium

The incinerators in the crematorium

The incinerators in the crematorium

From 1954-58 the East German Government erected a huge national monument on the southern slopes of Ettesberg close to the site. The first part is a descent lined by seven sculptured panels depicting life in the camp

From 1954-58 the East German Government erected a huge national monument on the southern slopes of Ettesberg close to the site. The first part is a descent lined by seven sculptured panels depicting life in the camp

From 1954-58 the East German Government erected a huge national monument on the southern slopes of Ettesberg close to the site. The first part is a descent lined by seven sculptured panels depicting life in the camp

This leads to the first of three circular natural depressions which were the sites of mass graves created by the SS

This leads to the first of three circular natural depressions which were the sites of mass graves created by the SS

This leads to the first of three circular natural depressions which were the sites of mass graves created by the SS

A wide avenue lined with panels containing the names of 18 nations connects the graves

A wide avenue lined with panels containing the names of 18 nations connects the graves

A wide avenue lined with panels containing the names of 18 nations connects the graves

A wide series of steps ascends back up to grouped figures and a massive bell tower

A wide series of steps ascends back up to grouped figures and a massive bell tower

A wide series of steps ascends back up to grouped figures and a massive bell tower

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