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Beginning in 1944, Buchenwald railway station was a transit point for some 100,000 inmates from throughout Europe, a departure station for death transports to Auschwitz, and the destination of evacuation transports from other camps.
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At the orders of SS-leader Himmler, the SS had a 10-km rail...
- Rail Line
At the orders of SS-leader Himmler, the SS had a 10-km rail line constructed in the spring of 1943, which connected the Buchenwald Concentration Camp with the city of Weimar. The rails ran parallel to the "Blood Road" and were originally intended to supply the new armament factory in Buchenwald.
Beginning in 1944, Buchenwald railway station was a transit point for some 100,000 inmates from throughout Europe, a departure station for death transports to Auschwitz, and the destination of evacuation transports from other camps.
Buchenwald (German pronunciation: [ˈbuːxn̩valt]; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within the Altreich .
Oct 10, 2013 · German civilians are forced by American troops to bear witness to Nazi atrocities at Buchenwald concentration camp, mere miles from their own homes, April 1945.
6 days ago · Buchenwald, one of the biggest of the Nazi concentration camps established on German soil. It stood on a wooded hill about 4.5 miles northwest of Weimar, Germany. Set up in 1937, it initially housed political prisoners and other targeted groups, including Jews.
A satellite camp attached to the Ohrdruf subcamp of Buchenwald, it was opened in 1944. 3000 inmates labored on railroad tunnel construction and in a quarry.
