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Volunteer blog

Every year, five people from Germany and abroad do a volunteer service at Buchenwald memorial. Their experiences are documented in this blog.

A volunteer year at Buchenwald

The new online presence of the volunteer blog at Buchenwald Memorial is currently under construction. The articles written by the previous years' volunteers will continue to be available on the external Blogspot page (German only).

Recent articles

View of the parking lot of the memorial. Next to it the former SS barracks buildings, which are now used by the memorial.

The new volunteer blog The volunteers of 2023/2024 introduce themselves

Since 2020, the volunteers at Buchenwald memorial have been documenting their experiences working at the memorial. This blog has now moved to the main website.

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Year 2023/2024

Two volunteers look over the former roll call area at the Buchenwald memorial site

"Ein Freiwilligenjahr in Buchenwald" Blog by the volunteers at Buchenwald Memorial

The volunteers of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 published their articles on an external page. The articles are only available in German.

Volunteer blog (German)
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