Buchenwald was a Nazi concentration camp established in July 1937. The prisoners were used as slave labour in local armament factories. The camp was evacuated by the Nazis as Allied troops approached the area, and the U.S. Army assumed control of the camp on 11 April 1945.
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- The Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation Details the work of the foundation in preserving these former internment camps, and the history of the camps.
- Wikipedia: Buchenwald Overview of camp, female prisoner life and famous prisoners.
- Buchenwald (Germany) Overview of the camp, with a few pictures. Plus extract from the Nuremberg Trial about tattooed skin.
- Jewish Virtual Library: Buchenwald Summary of the Buchenwald trial, photos, and experiments that were done on detainees.
- Buchenwald Concentration Camp Tour of the camp, photos, and details of the atrocities that took place here.
- Buchenwald Concentration Camp Memorial Includes a photo gallery of recent images from Buchenwald.
- Documents on the Nazi Concentration Camp at Buchenwald Pictures and reports of the events and liberation of Buchenwald.
- 50 Years Later, a Visit With Buchenwald's Ghosts Survivors and liberators recount events at Buchenwald.
- BBC News: Germany Marks Buchenwald 'Shame' German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder leads a ceremony to mark 60 years since Buchenwald death camp was liberated.
- Buchenwald and Beyond Education and archive of the liberation of Buchenwald.
- Buchenwald: Legend and Reality Written by Mark Weber. Portrays a revisionist theory about what happened at Buchenwald.
- Buchenwald Details the forced labor at the camp, and has a silent historical film of the liberation.
- Liberation of Buchenwald By Harry Herder, a first-hand report about the liberation.