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Buchenwald Memorial in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany — Central Europe
 

SS Guard Detail Splinter Protection Trench

Splitterschutzgraben der SS-Wachmannschaften

 
 
SS Guard Detail Splinter Protection Trench Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2013
1. SS Guard Detail Splinter Protection Trench Marker
Inscription.

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Erected by Buchenwald Memorial Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made FeaturesWar, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.
 
Location. 51° 1.267′ N, 11° 14.811′ E. Marker is in Buchenwald Memorial, Thüringen (Thuringia), in Weimar. Follow the signs. Site is approximately 10 km NW of Weimar, off Blutstraße, west of Ettersburger Straße (L1054). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Buchenwald Memorial TH 99427, Germany. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Camp Fence and the Watchtowers 3, 4 and 5, April 1945 (here, next to this marker); Guard Path of the SS Guard Detail (here, next to this marker); Soviet Prisoners of War Memorial (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Soviet Prisoners of War / Sowjetische Kriegsgefangene (about 150 meters away); Gate building / Torgebäude (about 150 meters away); Dog Compound / Hundezwinger (about 180 meters away); Sinti and Roma Memorial / Sinti und Roma Denkmal
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(about 180 meters away); SS Guard Detachment Barracks (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buchenwald Memorial.
 
Regarding SS Guard Detail Splinter Protection Trench. Used for protection during air raids.
 
Also see . . .
1. Buchenwald Memorial Official Site. Memorial website homepage (Submitted on September 6, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 

2. Buchenwald. USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia website entry (Submitted on September 6, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 

3. Buchenwald: History & Overview. Jewish Virtual Museum website entry (Submitted on September 6, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 

4. Buchenwald Concentration Camp. Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team website entry (Submitted on September 6, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 
 
SS Guard Detail Splinter Protection Trench and Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2013
2. SS Guard Detail Splinter Protection Trench and Marker
SS Guard Tower, Splinter Protection Trench, Guard Path, and Markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2013
3. SS Guard Tower, Splinter Protection Trench, Guard Path, and Markers
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 370 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on September 6, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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