According to the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial site, about 100,000 prisoners were brought to Buchenwald concentration camp and its satellite camp via this stretch of track. In addition, extermination transports with children and sick prisoners to Auschwitz started at Buchenwald station.
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The crime caused outrage across the country. For him, the attack on the memorial trees revealed the same mental attitude as that of the perpetrators during the Nazi era, Ramelow said. “Not only those who committed crimes against people, but also those who kept the wheels turning.” History should not be allowed to be thrown away.
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The memorial stones on the railway line commemorate the 111 minors who were deported from Buchenwald to Auschwitz in October 1944 with a transport of a total of 1,188 sick and physically weak Jewish men, women and children. The stones had been designed in voluntary work. In total, the SS sent more than 2,000 Jews to Auschwitz to be exterminated. The memorial plans to place such a stone for each deported child and youth.
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The stones with the names of Nazi victims are a living, growing memorial site, said Ramelow. He was pleased with the initiatives to continue the project.
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