The Buchenwald concentration camp, operational from 1937 to 1945, was a place where every aspect of life was a torture, with mistreatment by guards encouraged and compulsory. After Herman Pister took over as commandant in 1942, the horrors intensified, with inhumane experiments on inmates aimed at finding more efficient ways to kill. The camp's atrocities were exposed after its liberation by US forces in 1945, leading to a desire for revenge as camp personnel were hunted down and put on trial for war crimes.
Histories of the Holocaust: Buchenwald
A two-part documentary explores the dark history of Buchenwald concentration camp, examining the atrocities committed from 1937-1942 and 1942-1945.
