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"Buchenwald 1937 - 1945.
-400,000 m² prisoner camp, 3,500 meters of electric barbed wire fence.
-139 satellite camps.
-277,800 prisoners.
-30,000 minors, 28,230 women, 249,570 men, from over 50 countries."
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"Buchenwald (originally called Konzentrationslager Ettersberg) was a concentration camp, located near the city of Weimar, initially intended for political prisoners and criminals. It was in operation from July 15, 1937 until its liberation by American troops on April 11, 1945. Buchenwald held 238,979 people, including prisoners of war, political prisoners, resistance fighters, Jews, Sinti and Roma, homosexuals and Jehovah's Witnesses. About 56,000 people died at the camp, including 11,000 Jews."
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Physical Address: Weimar, Thuringen, Germany 99427 Date Dedicated: 09/14/1958 Supporting Website: [Web Link] Fee/Donation: Free Memorial Type: Location/Site

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