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Together with its many satellite camps, Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps established within the German borders of 1937. Location of the Camp. The Buchenwald concentration camp was constructed in 1937 about five miles northwest of the city of Weimar in east-central Germany.

Buchenwald, one of the biggest of the Nazi concentration camps established on German soil. It stood on a wooded hill about 4.5 miles northwest of Weimar, Germany. Set up in 1937, it initially housed political prisoners and other targeted groups, including Jews.

On April 11, 1945, in expectation of liberation, prisoners took control of the camp. Later that afternoon, US forces entered Buchenwald. Soldiers from the 6th Armored Division, part of the Third Army, found more than 21,000 people in the camp.

Chronology of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. In 1937, the SS had a concentration camp erected just a few kilometres outside of Weimar, the famous city of German Classicism. Its name, "Buchenwald," became synonymous with National Socialist crimes.

The Buchenwald concentration camp, established in 1937, is located five miles northwest of Weimar, Germany. Eventually administering 88 sub-camps, Buchenwald became one of the largest concentration camps on German soil.

On April 11, 1945, the American Third Army liberates the Buchenwald concentration camp, near Weimar, Germany, a camp that will be judged second only to Auschwitz in the horrors it imposed on...

Liberation of Auschwitz: 1945 Auschwitz Today Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Located in...

July 15, 1937 Buchenwald Concentration Camp Opens SS authorities open the Buchenwald concentration camp for male prisoners in east-central Germany. Together with its many satellite camps, Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps established within German borders.