Buchenwald Basic Facts
How many sub camps did Buchenwald administer?
88 subcamps
What were the early inmates of Buchenwald?
Political Prisoners
Name at least two groups of prisoners at Buchenwald?
(Jews, Political prisoners, Roma, Prisoners of war, German Military desserts, Jehovah's witnesses, Asocials)
When did the program of medical experiments start?
1941
How long were the labour shifts?
12 hours a day
Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps in what country?
Germany
How many estimated prisoners did Buchenwald house by January of 1945?
Estimated 110,000 prisoners
Where the first group of prisoners male or female?
Male
Who was the couples who commanded Buchenwald, known for encouraging cruel treatment?
Karl and Isle Koch
Where did they send those too weak or disabled to work?
Euthanasia facilities
What type of camp was Buchenwald? (extermination or labour)
A labour camp
How many prisoners did Buchenwald originally hold (at opening)?
149 prisoners
How many estimated lives where lost at Buchenwald camp?
56,000
Name at least two causes of death that occurred at Buchenwald camp
executions, starvation, diseases, extermination through labour, harmful experiments, and torture
How did the concentration camps handle infected people?
They injected them with phenol
When did US forces enter Buchenwald?
April 11 1945
What did the medical experimentations aim for?
Testing efficiency of vaccines
When did the first group of prisoners come to Buchenwald?
1937
What was the intentional act of working prisoners to death known as?
Extermination through labour
Jews came to Buchenwald after which historical event?
Kristallnacht or the night of the broken glass
What city was Buchenwald built North of?
Weimar
How many estimated prisoners were found when US soldiers took over the camp?
21,000
When did female prisoners join Buchenwald?
1943
What was Karl Koch sentenced to for poor and cruel treatment to prisoners in Buchenwald?
He was sentenced to death
How many children (ages 3-14) were found at Buchenwald
900