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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

Many of the artefacts scheduled to be auctioned were said to have come from the Buchenwald and Auschwitz concentration camps.

From BBC

"As a family, we were so grateful to have been contacted by Myfanwy, who was able to facilitate the lampshade’s return to Buchenwald," said Ms Kynaston.

From BBC

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

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

From Salon