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Chronology of the Memorial

During the period of the GDR, the National Buchenwald Memorial was constructed on the southern slopes of Ettersberg Mountain. Focus was placed on the German communist resistance fighters. After 1990, efforts were expanded to commemorate the fates of other victim groups.


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