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June 6th Journal Entry-Buchenwald Tour-Air Field-

Not sure where this was taken, but seems to be a fallen 3rd Reich eagle symbol









This one captioned 'hand' If you zoom in you can see the scar on the back of his right hand from when he was injured by falling tree limbs when they were near a German plane that was strafing  the area.  






June 6th Went on trip to Weimar to see Buchenwald internment camp. Former inmate took us through. Saw Jerry Air Field also. Trip took us through beautiful ski country.

Marilu: Wish I'd known this to ask him about it or that he had written more about his impressions and experiences for this day.

Follow the link for a description of the camp for those who visit now.
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/403/Concentration-Camp-Buchenwald.htm

Buchenwald concentration camp

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Buchenwald
Concentration camp
Buchenwald Prisoners Roll Call 10105.jpg
Roll call at Buchenwald
Buchenwald concentration camp is located in Germany
Buchenwald concentration camp
Location of Buchenwald within Germany
Other namesKonzentrationslager Buchenwald
LocationWeimarGermany
Operated bySchutzstaffel
Commandant
Operational15 July 1937 – 11 April 1945
Number of inmates280,000
Killed56,545
Liberated by6th Armored DivisionUnited States Army
Websitewww.buchenwald.de/en/69/
Buchenwald (German pronunciation: [ˈbuːxənvalt]; literally beech forest) was a Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg [de] hill near WeimarGermany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or suspected communists were among the first internees.
Prisoners from all over Europe and the Soviet Union—JewsPoles and other Slavs, the mentally ill and physically disabled, political prisoners, Romani peopleFreemasons, and prisoners of war. There were also ordinary criminals and sexual "deviants". All prisoners worked primarily as forced labor in local armaments factories. The insufficient food and poor conditions, as well as deliberate executions, led to 56,545 deaths at Buchenwald of the 280,000 prisoners who passed through the camp and its 139 subcamps.[1] The camp gained notoriety when it was liberated by the United States Army in April 1945; Allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower visited one of its subcamps.
From August 1945 to March 1950, the camp was used by the Soviet occupation authorities as an internment camp, NKVD special camp Nr. 2, where 28,455 prisoners were held and 7,113 of whom died. Today the remains of Buchenwald serve as a memorial and permanent exhibition and museum.
















Postcards from Lu's scrapbook, displayed with photos of the airfield. 







This is a news article from Lu's scrapbook about how local citizens were called in to clean up concentration camps and bury the dead, forced to face what had been going on right next to them. 





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