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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)

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Crowds stand outside looking at old photos posted on bulletin boards, pictures taken of people before they were rounded up and transported to Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 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

At six o’clock that afternoon, the first American tank stood at the gates of Buchenwald.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

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