15 Jul 1937
Germany
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
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
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



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]



12 Apr 1945
Germany
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]
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