Buchenwald
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Buchenwald
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- Buchenwald concentration camp
- Buchenwald concentration
- Auschwitz, Buchenwald
Examples
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The Buchenwald concentration camp was founded in 1933.
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The Buchenwald concentration camp was founded in 1933.
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Approved programs include visits to historical sites such as the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald or tours of underground bunkers in Berlin.
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Her two nephews were in the Resistance (one was deported to Buchenwald in July 1944).
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A survivor of Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Bergen-Belsen, he changed his German name as a sign of radical separation from his birthplace and his rejection of German culture.
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American officers ordered civilians living near Buchenwald to tour the camp to show them what their nation had done.
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For Feinberg, the visit to Buchenwald was a signal that the war was nearing an end.
Synonyms
A camp in central Germany run by the Nazis where many people are imprisoned and killed during World War II
Compounds
A camp in central Germany run by the Nazis where many people are imprisoned and killed during World War II
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Buchenwald comes from German words Buche and Wald, which mean 'beech' and 'forest'. So the camp was simply named after the beech forest where it was located.