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BUCHENWALD

THE CONCENTRATION CAMP
Photo by Hindrik S
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BACKGROUND INFO

  • Buchenwald was the second largest camp ever made
  • It was built in 1937 in the northern slopes of Ettersburg
  • Camp for Jews mentally ill and POW's
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CAUSES OF DEATH

died from starvation forced labor, medical experiments, and hangings
Photo by Flaviz Guerra
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SURVIVING TO DEATH RATE

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INMATES

Most were political prisoners homosexuals, and mentally ill
Photo by aresauburn™
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BUCHENWALD EXPIREMENTS

  • Buchenwald was a sick place
  • They did expirements on homosexuals to cure homosexuality
  • They also tried to find vaccines from terrible diseases
  • This resulted in fail and killed many people
Photo by solofotones
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SIZE

It was not big itself but had 88 subcamps
Photo by donaldtownsend
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WHO RAN THE CAMP

Jacob Weiseborn, Karl Otto Koch, and Hermann Pister
Photo by benfff85
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The Liberation occurred on April 4th,1945. There were so many people there was no time to kill them all so they sent them on death marches. An engineer in the camp contacted the Allies and got help from them. The allies came in and saved people from their death

The picture in the background is 100% real taken when the allies arrived
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INTERESTING FACT

  • Buchenwald was probably the most successful in resistance
  • When the allies helped them liberate the camp
  • The inmates held off guards with (1 machine gun and 91 rifles)
  • These were collected over the years
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ESCAPEES

  • Only 3 inmates are known to have escaped before liberation
  • Jack van der Geest
  • Harry Peulevé
  • F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas

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