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Early & detailed on the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps...
Early & detailed on the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps...
Item # 721246
October 31, 1939
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, October 31, 1939
* Early Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps realization
* Detailed reports on guard's killings and floggings
The front has a one column heading: "Horrors of Nazi Prison Camps Told" (see images) Another related article on page 2 with heading: "Nazis Blame the War on the Jews"
Complete with 28 pages, light toning and some small archival mends at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally in nice condition.
AI notes: Buchenwald concentration camp, established in July 1937 near Weimar, Germany, was one of the largest and most brutal camps in the Nazi system. Originally built to imprison political opponents of the regime, it quickly expanded to hold Jews, Roma and Sinti, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and prisoners from across Nazi-occupied Europe. Over its existence, more than 280,000 people were detained there under horrific conditions of forced labor, starvation, disease, and systematic violence. Prisoners worked in nearby armaments factories and quarries, while many perished through executions, medical experiments, and neglect. The camp became a central hub in a network of over 130 subcamps, including Dora-Mittelbau, where inmates were forced to construct V-2 rockets underground. By the time American troops liberated Buchenwald on April 11, 1945, an estimated 56,000 to 65,000 people had died there. Today, the Buchenwald Memorial stands as a solemn reminder of Nazi atrocities, preserving the site’s ruins, crematorium, and museum exhibits to educate future generations about the human cost of totalitarianism and hatred.
Category: World War II
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