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Buchenwald

American

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

noun

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

Buchenwald British

/ ˈbuːxənvalt /

noun

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

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Buchenwald

After 1937, Weimar’s businessmen supplied Buchenwald with electricity, water, meat and timber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

He first marched to concentration camp Buchenwald and later on to Terezin, where he was liberated on the brink of death from exhaustion and typhus.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

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

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

That’s exactly what happened to Tamara Pamyatnykh’s husband when he returned from Buchenwald.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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