Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Buchenwald Concentration Camp was one of the many concentration camps, Just because it wasn't well-known doesn't mean it isn't important to know about and how they dehumanized many Jews. Life for the Jews was difficult not just because of the labor, Starvation and having bad hygiene was one of the many ways that Jews had to live threw while in Buchenwald. They were used as test subjects by the doctors that were there and were also starved, the guard made them go as long as 8 days without food and when they did give them food it was told to be made with rats. Diseases spread quickly because of the poor hygiene in the camp so many Jews died in the camp because of the lack of hygiene (buchenwaldtheconcentrationcamp.weebly.com/what-was-life-like.html).
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The Jews were also forced to go on death marches and one out every 4 Jews died on the marches they were forced to go through (Whitlock, Flint, and Michael Berenbaum. “Buchenwald.” Encyclopædia Britannica).
The work day for Jews lasted 14 hours and they were forced doing jobs in the quarry, drainage detail, water works detail, road building they even made the Jews carry the other Jews dead bodies and they had to cremate them. Buchenwald was founded in July 1937. Jews were forced to do many hard jobs in the concentration camp. The Nazi's forced them to work the Jews to work to death and even starved them (buchenwaldtheconcentrationcamp.weebly.com/what-was-life-like.html).
The camp was finally liberated April 11, 1945. (The Huffington Post) On August 14,1944 The American Air Forces attacked an industrial complex in Buchenwald, the complex were making Components for V-2 rockets that the Nazis were using to attack parts of Europe but many prisoners were killed since the guards wouldn't let them take cover. Later on April 6, 1945 around 28,500 Prisoners were taken out of from Buchenwald to go on a death march in which one fourth died on just before the Americans troops arrived. The Nazi guards fled and the prisoners took over the camp and then were liberated shortly after
The Jews were also forced to go on death marches and one out every 4 Jews died on the marches they were forced to go through (Whitlock, Flint, and Michael Berenbaum. “Buchenwald.” Encyclopædia Britannica).
The work day for Jews lasted 14 hours and they were forced doing jobs in the quarry, drainage detail, water works detail, road building they even made the Jews carry the other Jews dead bodies and they had to cremate them. Buchenwald was founded in July 1937. Jews were forced to do many hard jobs in the concentration camp. The Nazi's forced them to work the Jews to work to death and even starved them (buchenwaldtheconcentrationcamp.weebly.com/what-was-life-like.html).
The camp was finally liberated April 11, 1945. (The Huffington Post) On August 14,1944 The American Air Forces attacked an industrial complex in Buchenwald, the complex were making Components for V-2 rockets that the Nazis were using to attack parts of Europe but many prisoners were killed since the guards wouldn't let them take cover. Later on April 6, 1945 around 28,500 Prisoners were taken out of from Buchenwald to go on a death march in which one fourth died on just before the Americans troops arrived. The Nazi guards fled and the prisoners took over the camp and then were liberated shortly after