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'''Buchenwald''' was a concentration camp established in 1937 in [[Thuringia]] in eastern [[Germany]] to incarcerate opponents of the [[Nazi]] regime; it was liberated by the [[United States]] Army on 12 April 1945. It is estimated that around 56,000 inmates of teh camp perished under Nazi rule. Between 1945 and 1950 Buchenwald was run as a prison camp for opponebnts of the Soviet regime in [[East Germany]].
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'''Buchenwald''' was a [[Nazi]] concentration camp established in 1937 in Thuringia in eastern [[Germany]] to incarcerate [[Judaism|Jews]], political prisoners, [[homosexual]]s, and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]]. It was liberated by the [[United States]] Army on 12 April 1945. Although not an extermination camp, it is estimated that around 56,000 inmates of the camp perished. Between 1945 and 1950 Buchenwald was run as a prison camp for opponents of the [[Soviet]] regime in [[East Germany]].
    
[[Category:German History]]
 
[[Category:German History]]
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