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Buchenwald

American  
[boo-kuhn-wawld, book-uhn-, bookh-uhn-vahlt] / ˈbu kənˌwɔld, ˈbʊk ən-, ˈbux ənˌvɑlt /

noun

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


Buchenwald British  
/ ˈbuːxənvalt /

noun

  1. a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His late father, Peter, was recruited as a listener after fleeing Germany where he was detained in Buchenwald concentration camp.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

In 1945 she visited Buchenwald days after its liberation, writing to her editor that the concentration camps were the essential story of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

The macabre object was given to then-Caerphilly MP Ness Edwards, who went with a parliamentary delegation to the Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945 to gather evidence of the horrors of the Holocaust.

From BBC ● May 5, 2025

While there, he and Aramin also toured the former Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

A veteran of Buchenwald told us that we would be taking a shower and afterward be sent to different blocks.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

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