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BUCHENWALD, Then and Now

Article about: Featuring a series of post war images issued by KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, below are comparison views of several sites at the concentration camp. Firstly, the Haupteingang / Torgebäude (Mai

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    Featuring a series of post war images issued by KZ-Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, below are comparison views of several sites at the concentration camp.

    Firstly, the Haupteingang / Torgebäude (Main Entrance / Gate Building).
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    Next are the detention cells, which form the righthand section of the main entrance building when viewed from inside the camp.
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    Below, views of fencing and a Wachturm (watchtower) - note, this modern day representation is not the one shown in the earlier photograph.
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    Krematorium - two contrasting views taken from different vantage points.
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    Another pair of images showing the Krematorium facility, this time showing part of the yard area to the side of the building. At this spot, on 11th April 1945, a large pile of corpses was found by liberating US forces. Note, the modern image was taken further along the side of the structure.
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    Finally, the ovens inside the Krematorium.
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    The camp is addressed in this thread below:

    http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/konzen...henwald-89550/

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    What is the bust in the old krematoria photo?

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    Ernst Thälmann, KPD (Communist Party) leader during the Weimar Republic. He was shot at Buchenwald in the summer of 1944 shortly after his arrival from prison.

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    Thanks Carl, is that memorial still there?

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