Phelps2007 - Buchenwald

Buchenwald

Nate U.

Sarah H.

240,000 prisoners were held at the camp since it opened.
Buchenwald first opened for male prisoners in July 1937.
Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps.
many people on the march died of starvation or exhaustion.
Jews were killed in gas chambers or were burned.
they had classifying triangular badges.
they would have identification numbers to tell who they were.
slave laborers died from being overwork, diseases, and violence.
3 million people have died from gas chambers.
the march was brutal and long.
it left people very exhausted.
they came from Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen.
they arrived in Buchenwald in January 1945.
hygiene was a big issue that caused most people to die.
they marched in cold nasty weather.
most of the prisoners worked in factories.
prisoners who were weak were either burned, killed in gas chambers, or phenol injection.
the prisoners had to wear the black and white striped pants with the matching jacket.
mostly more men in the camps then women.