History. Made. Conscious: Resistance!

Prisoners of the Small Camp sit and stand close together in front of the open gate of a horse stable barrack. This is Block 51. Behind it, the stone buildings of Blocks 46 and 41.

Little Camp Station 1

In the summer of 1943, German communists in Buchenwald organised their first secret meeting with like-minded prisoners from other countries. This led to the formation of the International Camp Committee – a communist underground organisation that had no...

Buchenwald-Dora Camp Association The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Little Camp" station:

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Andenklich. (A project by Lebenshilfe-Werk Weimar-Apolda) The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Childrens Block 66" station:

Ten underage prisoners in convict clothes sit on the floor. Some are looking directly at the camera. Behind them, the legs of three adult prisoners can be seen standing behind the children. The floor consists of dry, crumbly earth and rubble.

Childrens Block 66 Station 2

In the winter of 1944–45, countless children and young people, mostly Jewish, also arrived at Buchenwald on so-called ‘evacuation transports’. Many of these boys were orphans whose parents had been murdered by the SS. Their chances of surviving on their...

The picture shows the garden of the prisoner infirmary with flower beds, benches and branched paths. In the background, the long low building of the prisoners' hospital can be seen. In front of it are isolated nursing staff with white jackets.

Prisoners’ Infirmary Station 3

Due to the hard labour, the lack of food and water, and the violence of the SS, there were many sick and injured people in the camp from the very beginning. Nevertheless, the construction of the prison infirmary – also known as the ‘Revier’ – here in...

Christine Herzog The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Prisoners' Infirmary" station:

Youth-led initiative to commemorate the events in Ohrdruf The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Block 46" station:

Block 46 Station 4

Block 46 – from 1942 onwards, this block housed the typhus research station of the Waffen-SS Hygiene Institute. It was feared by the prisoners. In the autumn of 1944, however, this place of horror became the scene of a rescue operation.

View from watchtower 3 over the rows of barracks of Buchenwald Concentration Camp from west to east. In the foreground, Block 1 can be seen on the right, Block 7 below it, and Block 13 of the Soviet POW camp on the far left. People are walking between the barracks. Broken furniture and other debris are piled up at the front edge of the picture.

Former Soviet prisoner-of-war camp Station 5

Part of the SS’s methods of control involved creating conditions within the concentration camp where everyone fought against everyone else. Under these circumstances, resistance could also mean maintaining humanity and showing solidarity with others....

Little Camp Station 1

Buchenwald-Dora Camp Association The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Little Camp" station:

Andenklich. (A project by Lebenshilfe-Werk Weimar-Apolda) The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Childrens Block 66" station:

Childrens Block 66 Station 2

Prisoners’ Infirmary Station 3

Christine Herzog The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Prisoners' Infirmary" station:

Youth-led initiative to commemorate the events in Ohrdruf The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Block 46" station:

Block 46 Station 4

Former Soviet prisoner-of-war camp Station 5

Third Generation Buchenwald The following organisation has taken on sponsorship of the "Former Soviet prisoner-of-war camp" station: