15 Jul 1937

Germany
2 Mar 1944

Germany
6 Apr 1945

Germany
11 Apr 1945

Germany 11 Apr 1945 Photos
Life magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White taking a photograph at Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, 11 Apr 1945Wagon full of Buchenwald Concentration Camp victims, Weimar, Germany, 11 Apr 1945
12 Apr 1945

Germany
14 Apr 1945

14 Apr 1945 Photos
Bodies of victims piled in a trailer at Buchenwald concentration camp at Weimar, Germany, 14 Apr 1945After being liberated by the US 1st Army, a Russian prisoner points out one of the particularly brutal guards at Buchenwald, Germany, 14 Apr 1945. Note guard’s black wound badge indicating he is combat wounded.
16 Apr 1945

16 Apr 1945 Photos
Crowded medical quarantine area, Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 16 Apr 1945Elie Wiesel (second row, seventh from left) and other prisoners of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Weimar, Germany, 16 Apr 1945
18 Apr 1945

18 Apr 1945 Photos
Medics of US 3rd Army conferring at the crematorium courtyard of Buchenwald Concentration Camp near a wagon full of camp victims, Weimar, Germany, 18 Apr 1945
24 Apr 1945

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

5 May 1945 Photos
Rings left by Buchenwald concentration camp victims, 5 May 1945



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