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15 Jul 1937

Germany

In Germany, the construction of Buchenwald Concentration Camp began by the inmates of the Lichtenburg Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Weimar, Thüringen | CPC]

2 Mar 1944

Germany

421 Czech prisoners were transferred from Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland to Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Weimar, Thüringen | CPC]

6 Apr 1945

Germany

15,000 prisoners of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany were evacuated by German authorities. ww2dbase [Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Weimar, Thüringen | CPC]

11 Apr 1945

Germany

Prisoners of Buchenwald Concentration Camp freed themselves after most of the guards had fled. In the Buchenwald satellite camp of Langenstein, the US 83rd Infantry Division arrived; it had about 1,100 prisoners at the time. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Weimar, Thüringen | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 11 Apr 1945

Medics of US 3rd Army conferring at Buchenwald Concentration Camp near a wagon full of camp victims, Weimar, Germany, 11 Apr 1945

Life magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White taking a photograph at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 11 Apr 1945

Wagon full of Buchenwald Concentration Camp victims, Weimar, Germany, 11 Apr 1945

12 Apr 1945

Germany

American troops began arriving at Buchenwald Concentration Camp near Weimar, Germany. ww2dbase [Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Weimar, Thüringen | CPC]

14 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 14 Apr 1945

Bodies of victims piled in a trailer at Buchenwald concentration camp at Weimar, Germany, 14 Apr 1945

16 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 16 Apr 1945

Crowded medical quarantine area, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 16 Apr 1945

Elie Wiesel (second row, seventh from left) and other prisoners of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 16 Apr 1945

24 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 24 Apr 1945

US Senator Alben Barkley visiting Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 24 Apr 1945

5 May 1945

Photo(s) dated 5 May 1945

Rings left by Buchenwald concentration camp victims, 5 May 1945

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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