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Buchenwald Concentration Camp Buchenwald Concentration Camp was established in 1937 at the Ettersberg (Etter Mountain) near Weimar, Thuringia in Germany. Prisoners worked as forced labour in local armament factories. Conditions in the camp were very harsh and it is estimated that there were 56,000 deaths out of 250,000 people who incarcerated in Buchenwald. It is known that 168 Western Allied POWs were held in this camp. The camp was partially evacuated on 8 April 1945 with the inmates being forced to march away from the advancing Allied Army. The US 9th Armored Infantry Battalion arrived on the 11th of May to find that the Communist inmates had over run the remaining guards. List of those who were held at Buchenwald Concentration Camp during The Second World War Sgt. J. Clark Read his Story. Staff Sgt. Frederic C. Martini Read his Story. Sgt. J. Clark 514 Sqd. Sgt Clark survived the loss of Lancaster DS822 JI-T when it came down at La Celle Le Bordes France on the 8th of June 1944 whilst on a bombing raid to Massy Palaiseau. He evaded capture until the 19th of July when he was picked up in Paris and taken to the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, he was later transferred to Stalag Luft 3. Staff Sgt. Frederic C. Martini 385th Bomb Group, 551st Bomb Squadron Staff Sgt. Frederic C. Martini was stationed with the B-17's at Gt. Ashfield, Suffolk, England. He was a Flight Engineer & Top Turret Gunner. I lived in Stowmarket, a small town about ten miles from Gt. Ashfield. I had no idea my future brother-in-law was stationed so close by. I was only seven. Later I would tease Fred, asking him if he was the American Air Force fellow we picked up along the road one evening, heading for Gt. Ashfield. We took him home to have a meal with us and my mother fed him the last egg we had, being on strict rationing at that time. I asked Fred if he was that fellow and his reply had nothing to do with eggs! Unfortunately, I can't tell you his reply here anyway! Fred's B-17 was shot down three times. Once they ditched in the English Channel near a rescue buoy & were picked up by the RAF Air-Sea Rescue; another time they crash-landed in a British field; the third time they went down over France & Fred was taken in by the French Underground. However, someone turned him in & he spent time in Buchenwald until they were liberated. He didn't talk much about those times Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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