Buchenwald
Americannoun
noun
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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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