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1) **Basics on This Particular Camp** Buchenwald, name given by Heinrich Himmler (the second most powerful Nazi, following Adolf Hitler) on July 8th, 1937, was one of the first and largest concentration camps on Germain soil established by the Nazis. The camp was constructed in 1937 and was first opened strictly to male prisoners, later allowing woman and children to perform forced labor. The camp was near a small town named Weimer and was divided into three seperate parts- the "large camp" for prisoners with some superiority, the "small camp" where prisoners where held in guarantine, and the "tent camp" set up for solely Polish prisoners. Prisoners from all 3 camps came from countries as varied as Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, the Netharlands, Bulgum, Norway, Denmark, Latvia, Italy, Romania, and Spain and up to 1942 the majority of politcal prisoners consisted of communists. Later the proportion changed considerably and among the prisoners were also writers, doctors, artists, former nobility, and princess. Liberation occured on April 11th, 1945. [|Source 1], [|Source Two] , [|Source Three]

2) **Death Count** An estimated number of victims was more than 56, 000 according to once source. This estimate does not include the 13,000 inmates transferd to other camps such as Auschwitz. With 174 sub-camps, in addition to the 3 main parts, this number is expected but still astounding. Ironic part is that when Buchenwald was constructed, it was not meant to be an extermination camp by any means, but a forced labor camp. People "worked themselves" to death anyway, resulting in extreme dehydration, starvation, and exahustion. Contradicting this source, a diary was found of deaths kept track of by some superior being in Buchenwald camp. Total deaths, up to liberation, in this book came to 34, 375; also not including transferred prisoners. The following are the years with accounted deaths in the diary. Notice how they gradually got bigger while remembering the fact that at first it was not intended to be an extermination camp. 1937 - 48 deaths 1938 - 771 deaths 1939 - 1,235 deaths 1940 - 1,772 deaths 1941 - 1,522 deaths 1942 -2,898 deaths 1943 - 3,516 deaths 1944 - 8,644 deaths 1945 - 13,969 deaths [|Source 4], [|Source 5]

3) **"I Bet You Didn't Know..."** media type="custom" key="3544426"
 * During the period of the Holocaust 5,000 Jewish communities were wiped out.
 * 1/3 of all Jews alive at that time were killed.
 * Over 5 million victims we're non-Jews.
 * Holocaust is deprived from Greek words menaing "completely burnt."
 * So many movies & books were established about survivor stories such as //Shiendler's List//, The //Boy In The Striped Pajamas//, //The Last Days//, and //Night// by Elie Weisel.

Question #2 - Why do you think number of deaths increased with time? ( Remember, that Buchenwald was not meant to be an extermination camp at first ) Question #3 - What perecentage of all Jews were killed during the Holocaust?**
 * Question #1 - What was the date of the opening of Buchenwald? And liberation?

**__Information & Research Rescources__** [|Research Information] [|Virtual Tour & Map of Buchenwald Camp]