Buchenwald was set up from scratch as a concentration camp in 1937. Before that the area was open countryside.
They were sent to Auschwitz. Later, Elie and his father were moved to Buchenwald.
Technically, April of 1945 in Buchenwald. The Russians liberated the camp. However, listening to him speak today, the Holocaust will never end for him.
It is unclear whether this question refers to prisoners or to the place. If the latter, please note that the camp was the only place at Buchenwald. It was not a town or village.
Most were located in Poland. The three most well known camps are Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Warsaw.
Franz H. Schrage has written: 'Weimar, Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Concentration camp inmates, Fiction, German literature, History and criticism, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
Elie Wiesel was imprisoned in three different concentration camps during the Holocaust as depicted in the book "Night": Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald. Each camp subjected its prisoners to unimaginable suffering and loss.
WW2 started before the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel was 15 years old when he was taken to the concentration camps during the Holocaust. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz and later transferred to Buchenwald.
He did not return to Romania, which was well on the way to becoming Communist when he was well enough to leave Buchenwald. He was invited by French Jews, whom he had been with at Buchenwald, to go to France. His first priority was to complete his education. (He was 15 when deported to Auschwitz). Elie Wiesel became a journalist and writer.
Are you implying that the disabled didn't exist before the holocaust?
The Boys of Buchenwald was created in 2002.
The Jews were freed from Buchenwald when it was liberated. It was liberated on April 11th 1945 during the Buchenwald resistance.