Buchenwald

[ boo-kuhn-wawld, book-uhn-; German bookh-uhn-vahlt ]

noun

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

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How to use Buchenwald in a sentence

A member of the Resistance in World War II, he survived internment in Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora, and Bergen-Belsen.
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My father spent his teens in Auschwitz and was liberated in Buchenwald.
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As they glided under the dark arch of the Buchenwald, Leopold spoke again.
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British Dictionary definitions for Buchenwald

Buchenwald

/ (German ˈbuːxənvalt) /

noun

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

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