Buchenwald Memorial in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany — Central Europe
Jewish Memorial / Jüdisches Mahnmal
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2013
1. Jewish Memorial / Jüdisches Mahnmal Marker
“So that the generation to come might know, the children, yet to be born, that they too may rise and declare to their children.” (Psalm 78:6)
Erected 1993.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list.
Location. 51° 1.384′ N, 11° 14.952′ 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. British and Canadian Military Victims of Buchenwald (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Female Victims of Buchenwald (about 150 meters away); Sinti and Roma Memorial / Sinti und Roma Denkmal (about 150 meters away); Inmates' Laundry and "Goethe Oak" (about 150 meters away); Camp Road / Lagerstraße (about 150 meters away); Bulgarian Political Prisoners / Bulgarische politische Häftlinge
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Regarding Jewish Memorial / Jüdisches Mahnmal. The stones that fill the block were taken from the quarry, where many Jewish inmates were worked to death.
Also see . . .
1. Buchenwald Memorial Official Site. (Submitted on September 2, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
2. Buchenwald in USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia. (Submitted on September 2, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
3. Buchenwald: History & Overview. (Submitted on September 2, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
4. Buchenwald Concentration Camp. (Submitted on September 2, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
5. Rabbi Herschel Schacter Is Dead at 95; Cried to the Jews of Buchenwald: ‘You Are Free’ - NY Times. (Submitted on September 2, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2013
2. Jewish Memorial / Jüdisches Mahnmal and Marker
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2013
3. Jewish Memorial / Jüdisches Mahnmal
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 25, 2013
4. Jewish Memorial / Jüdisches Mahnmal
Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 361 times since then and 4 times this year. Last updated on February 16, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 2, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
