I've already gotten behind in writing. I'm sharing our experience visiting the Memorial at Langenstein Zweiberge 2 days ago. My father was here from 2/17/45 until the end of the war. It was a sub camp of Buchenwald, more than 2 hours north of Weimar. This small camp, 2000 inmates, was working to create a weapons production site under the ground by digging tunnels into the mountain. Once some years ago I learned that my father had been 'liberated' from this place I ddecide I would come here if anything was left to see. Some lucky googling got me in touch with the new director of the memorial and we had an appointment to meet with him. After a 3+hour ride that included blocked roads and getting lost numerous times (Google maps is definitely not updated
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