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Bu·chen·wald B0524900 (bo͞o′kən-wôld′, -KHən-vält′) A location in central Germany near Weimar. It was the site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.Buchenwald (German ˈbuːxənvalt) n (Placename) a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)Bu•chen•wald (ˈbu kənˌwɔld, -ˌvɑlt, -xən-) n. the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany, near Weimar. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Buchenwald - a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central GermanyDeutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990 |
BuchenwaldenUK
Buchenwald (bo͞o`khənvält'), village, Thuringia, S central Germany, in the Buchenwald forest, near Weimar. It was the site of a large concentration campconcentration camp, a detention site outside the normal prison system created for military or political purposes to confine, terrorize, and, in some cases, kill civilians. ..... Click the link for more information. established by the National Socialist (Nazi) regime in 1937. It held approximately 20,000 prisoners during World War II.Buchenwald a fascist German concentration camp. It was established in the environs of Weimar in 1937 and was originally called Ettersburg. About 239,000 people were imprisoned in Buchenwald over a period of eight years. In the beginning the inmates were German antifascists but later, during World War II, they included many other nationalities. Many prisoners had already died during the camp’s construction, which was done only by manual labor. The prisoners were also ruthlessly exploited by owners of large industrial firms whose enterprises were located near Buchenwald, such as Siemens and Junkers. An especially large number of prisoners died in Dora, a branch of Buchenwald, where the V-l and V-2 missiles were manufactured underground. Inhuman living conditions, hunger, excessive work, and beatings resulted in mass deaths. About 10,000 prisoners were executed, including almost 8,500 Soviet prisoners of war. A total of 56,000 prisoners of 18 nationalities were tortured to death. E. Thälmann was brutally murdered by the Hitlerites in Buchenwald on Aug. 18, 1944. From the time Buchenwald was organized, an underground antifascist organization headed by communists began forming in the camp. In 1943 an international camp committee was set up, headed by the German communist W. Bartel. By early April 1945 the organization numbered 178 groups of three to five people each, including 56 Soviet groups. On Apr. 11, 1945, when the fascist German troops were being routed in World War II, the Buchenwald prisoners, headed by an international political center, raised a rebellion that resulted in the camp’s liquidation by the rebels. In 1958 a majestic complex of structures dedicated to the heroes and victims of Buchenwald was unveiled in Buchenwald. REFERENCESVoina za koliuchei provolokoi. [Moscow, I960.] Bartel, W. “Sovmestnaia bor’ba nemetskikh i sovetskikh bortsov Soprotivleniia v Bukhenval’de.” Novaia i noveishaia istoriia, 1958, no. 3. Sviridov, G. I. Ring za koliuchei provolokoi (Geroii Bukhenval’da), 4th ed. Moscow, 1963. Bukhenval’d: Dokumenty i soobshcheniia. Moscow, 1962. (Translated from German.)
Buchenwaldshowcase of Nazi atrocities. [Ger. Hist.: Hitler, 1055]See: GenocideBuchenwald a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937--45) BuchenwaldenUK Related to Buchenwald: TreblinkaWords related to Buchenwaldnoun a Nazi concentration camp for Jews in World War II that was located in central GermanyRelated Words- Deutschland
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