Buchenwald

[ boo-kuhn-wawld, book-uhn-; German bookh-uhn-vahlt ]

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noun

Buchenwald

/ ˈbuːxənvalt /

a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)

A member of the Resistance in World War II, he survived internment in Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora, and Bergen-Belsen.

My father spent his teens in Auschwitz and was liberated in Buchenwald.

As they glided under the dark arch of the Buchenwald, Leopold spoke again.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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