BuchenwaldAbi Dawson

Nazi Camps

Doors of Buchenwald

250,000 Passed Through

Gates of Buchenwald Gates bear

inscription “To Each his Due!”

New Arrivals

Satellite Camps Over 130 Satellite

and Extension Camps.

Buchenwald 1945

Forced Labor Camp Designed to Kill

Prisoners by Forced Labor

Identification Each of the

Buchenwald prisoners had a number. It was not uncommon for numbers to be mixed up and one punished for another’s offense.

Roll Call In 1943, dogs

trained to kill men in these striped suits were brought into the camp and released outside its borders.

Roll Call Four roll calls took

place each day. If a prisoner was

missing, the rest would stand until he was found.

Arrivals from Kristallnacht

Roll Call for prisoners arrested during “Night of Broken Glass”

Crematoria The minimum death

quota was 80 per day.

This was often exceeded.

Barracks First barracks were

built by prisoners themselves.

Elie Wiesel at Buchenwald Elie is in the second

row of bunks, seventh from the left.

Administration Karl Otto Koch, the

Commandant He was easily bribed,

and had a watch fob made from prisoners’ gold teeth bearing the birth dates of his children.

Ilse Koch Ilse Koch

committed many war crimes. One of her interests was using tattooed skin to make lamp shades and book covers.

Ilse Koch She was known for

riding her horse through the camps and whipping prisoners.

Children at Buchenwald The children

sometimes hid among the prisoners’ belongings.

Children at Buchenwald If they were caught,

the punishment was to be laid among those already in the ditches.

Evacuation Graves of Prisoners

who died during Death Marches

Liberation These starving

children were liberated by American soldiers on April 11, 1945

Liberation Not many survived

to be liberated.

We Remember A memorial to

those who died at Buchenwald.