TY  - GEN
AB  - "As Soviet forces swept through Poland, the Germans evacuated thousands of concentration camp prisoners. After long, brutal marches, more than 10,000 prisoners from Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen, most of them Jews, arrived in Buchenwald in January 1945. In early April 1945, as U.S. forces approached, the Germans evacuated around 30,000 prisoners from Buchenwald and its subcamps. About a third of these prisoners died from exhaustion or were shot by the SS. An underground prisoner resistance organization in Buchenwald saved many lives by obstructing Nazi orders and delaying the evacuation. On April 11, 1945, in expectation of liberation, starving prisoners stormed the watchtowers, seizing control of the camp. Later that day, American forces entered Buchenwald. Soldiers from the 6th Armored Division found more than 21,000 people. Between July 1937 and April 1945, the SS imprisoned some 250,000 persons from across Europe in Buchenwald. Exact mortality figures can only be estimated, as camp authorities did not keep complete records. The SS murdered at least 56,000 male prisoners in the Buchenwald camp system, some 11,000 of them Jews." (https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007979).
AU  - James Brothers
DA  - 1945
DA  - April 1945
ID  - 1529520
KW  - World History
KW  - World War II (WWII, WW2, World War 2)
KW  - Jewish Community
KW  - Government and Politics
KW  - Military History
KW  - People and Communities
KW  - Photographs
KW  - Related Materials -- 1901-1950
KW  - Special Collections
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529520/files/4177.jpg
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529520/files/4177.jpg
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529520/files/4177.jpg
LA  - eng
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529520/files/4177.jpg
N2  - "As Soviet forces swept through Poland, the Germans evacuated thousands of concentration camp prisoners. After long, brutal marches, more than 10,000 prisoners from Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen, most of them Jews, arrived in Buchenwald in January 1945. In early April 1945, as U.S. forces approached, the Germans evacuated around 30,000 prisoners from Buchenwald and its subcamps. About a third of these prisoners died from exhaustion or were shot by the SS. An underground prisoner resistance organization in Buchenwald saved many lives by obstructing Nazi orders and delaying the evacuation. On April 11, 1945, in expectation of liberation, starving prisoners stormed the watchtowers, seizing control of the camp. Later that day, American forces entered Buchenwald. Soldiers from the 6th Armored Division found more than 21,000 people. Between July 1937 and April 1945, the SS imprisoned some 250,000 persons from across Europe in Buchenwald. Exact mortality figures can only be estimated, as camp authorities did not keep complete records. The SS murdered at least 56,000 male prisoners in the Buchenwald camp system, some 11,000 of them Jews." (https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007979).
PB  - University of Southern Indiana
PY  - 1945
PY  - April 1945
T1  - Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Weimar, Germany
TI  - Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Weimar, Germany
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1529520/files/4177.jpg
Y1  - 1945
ER  -