1945 Event Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald liberated by U.S. 1945 Event U.S. liberates Buchenwald concentration camp 1945 Event U.S. soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald" 1945 Event Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald, Czechoslovakia 1945 Event U.S. troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany 1945 Event Nazi's begin evacuation of camp Buchenwald 1945 Death H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald 1944 Death Ernst Thalmann, German communist, dies in Buchenwald 1944 Death Benjamin Cremieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55 1941 Death Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49 1940 Event Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald 1937 Event Buchenwald Concentration Camp opens 1824 Event Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)
