The entrance building of Buchenwald concentration camp with the clock tower

The main entrance building of Buchenwald concentration camp, known as the "Torhaus". The dark wooden structure with the characteristic clock tower was the access point through which prisoners passed upon arrival. The clock shows 3:15 PM, the exact time of the camp's liberation by American troops on April 11, 1945. The building housed SS offices and the hall where prisoners were registered and stripped of their identity. Buchenwald, built in 1937 on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, was one of the largest concentration camps on German soil.

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