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Buchenwald concentration camp

Buchenwald concentration camp

9.1
A camp in central Germany run by the Nazis where many people are imprisoned and killed during World War II
  • noun
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translation icon : campo de concentración de Buchenwald
  • The Buchenwald concentration camp was founded in 1933.

Examples

  • The Buchenwald concentration camp played a significant role in the Nazi regime's strategy of extermination during the Holocaust.

  • The Buchenwald concentration camp was used to imprison and murder thousands of Jews during World War II.

  • Survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp have shared their harrowing stories of persecution and resilience.

Synonyms

Buchenwald
vsBuchenwald concentration camp
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6 9.9

A Nazi concentration camp in central Germany where Jews and others were imprisoned and killed during World War II

emphasizes that it was used for imprisoning and murdering those groups

Surface Forms

Buchenwald concentration camp singular
Buchenwald concentration camps plural

Morphology

Buchenwald + concentration + camp

This is a literal place name combining the proper noun 'Buchenwald' with the descriptive compound 'concentration camp', whose meaning is directly built from 'concentration' (aggregation of people) + 'camp' (place where people stay). There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift—so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer it refers to a specific Nazi internment/imprisonment camp.

Etymology

Buchenwald concentration camp is named after the trees nearby: in German Buchen means 'beech trees' and Wald means 'forest', so Buchenwald literally means 'beech forest'. Because the Nazis built the camp in that forest, the name Buchenwald now refers to the Nazi camp where many people were imprisoned and killed.